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There’s a downside to planning two life events on the same day.
It’s over way too soon.
Last month my family celebrated a high school graduation and a wedding all on May 22 for the two youngest children.
My last column was all about May 23 — how I longed for the day after the exhausting weekend.
And now it’s all over.
There were no major hiccups.
The timing of events went smoothly.
My daughter is married.
My son is a high school graduate.
Now as summer days stretch before me free of milestone activities, my thoughts turn to future events.
With only boys left who may go down the marriage path, I noticed my oldest child, Andrew, has been doing quite a bit of practicing for the big day.
On what seems like a weekly basis there are pictures of him appearing in a wedding or at a wedding reception.
His frequent appearances at weddings remind me of the main character in the movie “27 Dresses,” where Katherine Heigl was always the bridesmaid and never the bride.
She would accompany the bride to dress fittings, organize the bridal shower and would take care of the smallest details for the bride.
I have seen Andrew assume similar duties for a successful wedding and for an even more entertaining reception.
He’s been an usher, a groomsman, an auctioneer of the bride’s garter — and more recently a picture was shared with me of Andrew being the master of ceremonies at the wedding dance.
The pictures made me think of “27 Dresses” whose title stems from the number of bridesmaid dresses Heigl had stuffed in her closet when a New York Times reporter showed up at her apartment for an interview about her sister’s upcoming wedding.
(Stop reading now if you don’t want to know the movie’s ending.)
During the reporter’s interview Heigl began modeling the bridesmaid dresses for the man who would later become her husband.
The movie ends at the couple’s wedding, where we see each of those bridesmaid dresses being worn by the brides Heigl had stood up for in their weddings.
I’m thinking Andrew will have 27 groomsmen at his wedding.
Each of those former grooms will wear the colored dress shirts Andrew wore at their weddings.
Now that would be another life event worth experiencing.