Sunday Scribblings #130 - Wedding
Is it Sunday already? *pout* I’m not quite ready for this weekend to be over, especially given I have to start getting some work done tonight. Ah, well. When I’m at the writer’s conference not worrying about content going up on my sites, I’ll consider all this night and weekend work worth it.
How funny that we get this word today as inspiration given that I talked about my wedding invitations for the last edition of Sunday Scribblings.
“Are you sure you don’t want to call your mother? It’s your wedding day, after all. You can call from my phone - I don’t mind the international charges.”
My heart sank as I heard these words come from my friend K’s mouth. I had just gotten my hair done, had survived the first meltdown of the day when my rose bouquet arrived hours late, and I was doing pretty well with the normal wedding day jitters. And she brings up my mother?
“I just don’t want you to regret not talking to her,” K went on. “I understand if you don’t want to. My mother slapped me across the face on my wedding day.”
Somehow, I doubted she understood me, my relationship with my mother, or my situation at all. If she did, she would have never suggested such a thing. I just wanted to enjoy the day.
That was the first time I put my foot down firmly, so to say, with K. I refused point blank. I told her I had thought about it and didn’t want to call my mother. Period.
Now, going on one and a half years since my wedding day, I don’t regret the decision. Not for one moment.
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I hope you enjoyed the product of my inspiration. It’s a bit depressing and there is a very long story behind…everything, but it’s a very strong memory of mine.
If you are taking part in this fun prompt, be sure to leave me a link in the comments section.
Have a great week!
September 28th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
It was your day and your decision. Good for you. BJ
September 28th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Thank you for stopping by.
September 28th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Oh, man. This isn’t fiction??? Well, shoot, JM. I was thinking it was because it relates so closely to something from my own fiction. And, well, I don’t like it when my friends have situations like these.
If you’re better off (as some friends of mine are), more power to you. I’m sure it couldn’t have been easy at times.
(C’mon by; I did the prompt this week, too)
September 28th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Nope, I’m afraid not. But it’s all in the past, I’m happily married, and things are going splendidly.
I’ll be stopping by.
September 29th, 2008 at 11:39 am
No, no! This was nice, not depressing at all…to me, anyway. But then, I’ve been cornering the market there these days
Now this is depressing!
September 29th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
Thanks for stopping by!