All Kinds of Family

“…if we never met again in our lives I should feel that somehow the whole adventure of existence was justified by my having met you.” Lewis Mumford

I believe in magic. I know for a fact it is real.  I have seen it.

On Saturday we were lucky enough to witness a day of delights and fun and personality and truth as our wonderful Sas married her beloved Ash.  When I arrived I was swept upstairs to the room where she was getting ready.  There is no greater honour than to be invited to be there to witness such an enormous day. To top it all off, within the a hour the whole bbc* were there. We giggled and cried and whooped (you would have too if you’d have seen her in that dress!) and held space (sometimes taking up too much space) for our dear friend.

That alone would have been magic, but there was more.

The kind of love that was in that space with us was the most powerful of all – love that has been chosen.  I witnessed the love of a group of women for each other. I witnessed the love of a new aunt for her new nieces and nephews.  I saw the love flow from a room full of people as they vowed to hold and support Sas and Ash in their life together. I watched two people choose to be together forever and got goosebumps knowing how deeply true their vows were.  Most magical of all though was the moment that I saw a family being born.

Sas & Ash: thank you for showing the rest of us how it is done. I wish you everything you can dream for yourselves and more.

*bbc = brit blogging collective

Photo by McKinley-Rogers Photography