The Wedding Of Cyndi And Jeremy
My Aunt Cyndi and her longtime boyfriend, Jeremy, have been engaged for the last two years. They didn't want to think about the wedding right away because, at the time of their engagement, they were in the middle of building a house, but that ended up taking a lot longer than they had expected. When the house was finally finished last winter, they scheduled the wedding for September 30, 2023.
My family, Paige, and I got to the house at 5:45 p.m. Everybody else went and greeted my extended family while I snuck into the house. Uncle Bob, who was officiating, and Jeremy were standing in the kitchen. “You ready,” Uncle Bob asked when he saw me.
“Yep,” I said, “I just want to practice one more time… And maybe go to the bathroom.”
15 minutes later, I was waiting at the side of the house while Cyndi, Jeremy, my cousins Caitlynn and Cameron, and Bob processed onto the patio. Bob welcomed everybody and then introduced me. With the mic in one hand and my phone with my speech pulled up in the other, I walked onto the patio.
I'm not going to repeat my entire speech here because it in and of itself is the standard length of one of these installments, but I'll go over the basics. I started by saying that I have never thought of Cyndi as my aunt… she is more of a friend that I'm related to. I talked about how I didn't understand that adults were “just normal humans” until I saw Cyndi go through some horrible things with her ex-husband, though obviously I didn't word it exactly like that. Then I mentioned how I met Jeremy and that, having seen everything they've been through, I know that they are soulmates. After I finished, I took my seat, the ceremony continued, and eventually, Bob pronounced them husband and wife!
We took pictures, had dinner, I introduced Paige to my Aunt Shana, and then Cyndi and Jeremy cut the cake. From here, the night really got going. My immediate family, Paige, the Mitreys (Aunt Melissa, Uncle Andy, their kids, Alex, Maci, Nicholas, and Alex's girlfriend Emma), along with the rest of my extended family and all the other guests, danced the night away. A few times, Cameron was allowed to perform, which was really fun to watch, even though I think it's proof that we may have let him go to a few too many Cousin Simple shows in his early years!
I have written about a lot of weddings in this series, and this will not be the last one that I write about. But I will say this is definitely one of the most interesting weddings I've been to. I think it might be because I wasn't expecting it. I mean, yes, they've been engaged for two years, and even before that, I knew it would happen… but I wasn't ready for what it was going to be like.
Cyndi is someone that I have known my entire life. We have each seen the other go through the best times and the worst. Getting chosen out of everyone in my family to speak at her wedding was an honor that I can't even begin to describe.
Congratulations, Cyndi and Jeremy! Wishing you a Greattastic Life!
With love, J. Mitchie Ulibarri
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