My wife and I got married not quite 2 years ago. As is customary, we took a moment during the reception to thank and acknowledge our families and all our amazing guests. Weddings, as occasions, are special because people HAVE TO TRY THEIR DAMNEDEST to show up. There’s no other life event with that power. Graduation? Nope. Birth of a child? Nope. Retirement? Nope. Only weddings. So there was this moment as Emily and I spoke that I looked over the room at all these faces, BELOVED faces, that had never been in the same place before that night and would never all be in the same place ever again (my grandmother who’d made the trip from Manila sitting a few tables to the right of my college roommate and a few tables to the left of Emily’s childhood best friends and swimming teammates). I just thought, “Wow. I hope this is what heaven is like.” If I lose all my memories but one, standing with Emily in that room of those people would be the keeper.

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