There has been lots of happiness occuring this summer! And one of my happiest moments this summer was when My best friend got married. Or to be excact, he is gay, and signed a partnership with his Thomas. (I don't know the english term for this, so I hope you'll all forgive me for not using the right terminology...) Joergen asked me to be his maid of honour... and what an honour that is!! We have known eachother for over 16 years... and I don't think there is any other that knows me better than he does... Not even my ex boyfriend knew all he knows... And I know that Joergen also tells me everything.. I guess what I feel for him is as close you can come to unconditional love! (As I feel towards my sister...) Well, anyway. July 21st he and Thomas got married. There is a law in Norway saying that gay people cannot get married in church, but the priest of the church where they live, asked if he could give them a blessing in the church afterall. He have known Joergen all Joergens life, and found it natural to give them a blessing in church. At first there was a judge doing the formalities around the wedding, giving a little speach to the happy couple, and us as best man and maid of honour. Then all four of us went up to the altar, and sat down. The priest had a lovely speach about love. I was very touched, and had to bite my lips not to start weeping. Then I looked over at Joergen, and I could see his eyes rimmed with tears aswell... he looked over at me, and my eyes too got filled with tears... I could feel my lip starting to vibrate... and had to bite it again...!! I also noticed that Joergen looked away, because he would start crying if he held my eye... Thomas too was touched by the beauty of the ceremony! And when they looked at eachother, I couldn't hold myself any longer... heavy tears rolled down my cheek, and I could say goodbye to the makeup I so thoroughly had put on earlier that day...!
When we left chuch, we left in Thomas' Jaguar from 1962! A beautiful vehicle, suited for such an occasion! Back at their house, where the party was going to take place, we were served champagne and strawberries in the applegarden. (They have a big house from the 1920'ies that they have spent 1 1/2 years renovating. And from being a hole, they have managed to build a castle! It includes a big barn that they have cleared out, and this was where we were going to eat dinner.) 96 guests were placed in the barn! And of course we had to speak to all of them! I thought that I would be a bit nervous... but I wasn't! Who was there to be nervous for!? I know Joergen and Thomas so well... and all their friends, and their family...! And I just felt so incredibly honoured that I, of all those good friends and family that he has, was given the opportunity to say a few words in this very special occation!
The dinner was fantastic, with finnish pasties as a precourse, salmon as maincourse, and strawberries as dessert. Excellent wine was served to every course, and we were all joyfull and smiling!
After dinner, we cleared away the tables, and had a proper barn-party! Dancing and having a jolly good time until the sun again was rising over the horizont...!
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