our wedding day

samantha and i married this past october. it was very important to us that our wedding honored each tradition- we wanted to make sure that each culture was really present. to help our guests, we designed a wedding booklet that provides brief explanations for each custom. for example, we hosted an egalitarian jewish ceremony and a traditional chinese banquet. (i can't figure out yet, though, how to link to the file.)

i remember so many things from the day. i remember that samantha looked very beautiful. i remember that the day felt really fast and i remember wishing that we could celebrate our wedding for 2 weeks. i remember the dancers from the cultural school performing. . . . and the tea ceremony. i remember that my aunts and uncles were so respectful and so kind. i was really nervous during the tish and i remember that i completely forgot what i was planning to say. i would say a real brief sentence and then look over to the cantor and the rabbi, hoping that they would start singing again.
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i remember visiting the guests' tables. i remember visitng the table with my friends from college and laughing alot. i felt so badly that i wasn't able to spend so much time with everybody. i remember reading my speech from my computer. i remember having dinner with our families at the deli the night before. i remember seeing samantha in her hotel room in the morning before we left for the day. i remember standing underneath the chuppah. i remember samantha speaking hebrew and placing a ring on my finger.

i remember farah. tim and i had an argument the night before over who farah loved more. i remember talking with peter and monika by the window on the side. i remember saying really silly things to people, but everybody was so nice.