Connectiveness

I don't think that is actually a word, but I was thinking about that a lot on Saturday as we went to a funeral and then 2 wedding ceremonies, and finally a wedding reception.

Here's a very strange selfie we took in the car as we drove from one event to the next.

The funeral was for my Lynn's brother, Charlie.  Charlie had cerebral palsy and was physically and mentally handicapped.  But he was always so happy and lived a full life of 69 years.  At the funeral I saw the large extended family of Fechser cousins, who I remembered from events we had been a part of through the years.   Several of Lynn's cousins are also former neighbors of ours in Edgemont.

The first wedding was for my cousin, Kay's, granddaughter.  As we talked to Robyn, the brides mother, she reminded us that Gary had performed her marriage 25 years before.  We sat at a table with several couples who Gary works with at Timpview.  And I had worked with the woman when I did testing at the school. The bride was wearing the dress that her grandma, Kay, had worn as well as her mother, Robyn.

The second wedding was for our friends and neighbors, Gary and Eileen's, granddaughter.  We've watched all of the Roylance children grow up, and we love seeing them now as parents with their cute children.  The wedding was held in the back yard of the parents of one of our high school friend who live in the same ward Gary and Lynn do now.

The final wedding reception was for a wonderful woman in her 50's who has never been married, and everyone was so excited for her.   At that reception we saw people from just about every stage of our lives--  from childhood to current neighbors and friends.  As we greeted the bride and groom, Shannon (the bride) mentioned that she had just met Ross and Holly (Gary's niece and husband).  We asked how she knew them, and she said that the groom(her new husband) is Ross's brother.   Knowing that, we could see how much he looks like Ross.

Its kind of confusing to write and explain all the relationships, and probably very confusing to read.   But it does show just how all our lives are interconnected.    Sometimes in very surprising ways.