There's something so fascinating about how quickly time accelerates on a wedding day and how there are surges of anxiety, relative calm, excitement and emotion. Depending on how close you are to the event it's not unlike pre-race jitters or the pace of a championship regatta - though I don't mean to minimize or blow out of proportion either event because they're very different.
I felt simultaneously proud, excited, close-to-crying, and happy for them both which scarily enough is close to how I feel when I see a crew I've been working with exceed their previous performances, transcend themselves, or just battle incredibly courageously.
So to my brother and my new sister-in-law, here's to traveling a shared path of joy, experience, and change together.
