Our dear friends Dan and Michele got married last weekend in Chicago and we were among the honored guests who came from near and far to witness the blessed event.  Along the way we got to reconnect with a whole lot of friends from over the years, play in Lake Michigan, take a private trolley tour around Chicago’s beautiful Loop, eat some amazing food (much of it made by the bride herself), make new friends, sing old songs, and experience that little miracle of life called Love.  Dan’s an old friend of ours from way, way back, as the picture below reveals, and to be a part of his wedding meant the world to us.  Troy got himself Internet-ordained and did the officiating, and Dan asked us to surprise Michele and sing the Johnny Cash/June Carter duet “Jackson” at the backyard reception. And though singing in front of people may be my biggest fear, the looks on the newlyweds’ happy faces as they sang along made it quite worth it.  None of us ever thought Dan would get married, perfectly content as he was to live his days alongside the beautiful Michele for the last 18 years.  But everyone at the wedding could see that this secret sweetie was where he belonged: with his wife!

Happy Married Life, Dan and Michele, and thanks for the best weekend ever.

1989 and 2012

(All they’ve ever done when they’re together is laugh like this.)