Wedding Reception !

What a fun and delightful day at a state park in Seabeck Washington! We celebrated a very sweet couples wedding at a reception with some family and friends of theirs.
The young man in the center is actually the cousin of blipper JohnSmiley and he calls me Auntie. We’ve known the young man since he was 10. He’s had a life of challenges and losses. His first wife passed in 2020 and his father and uncle had passed and then — he was trying to raise two developedly challenged children , hold a job etc. His one autistic son is now in a wonderful group home that just focuses on his son. It’s amazing ! His other son with Downs Syndrome lives at home and just had his first job interview! He became close with his son’s teacher and so they now are married and have a lovely blended family.
His new wife’s one daughter , a writer, temporarily lives with them while working on her PHD .
Quite a plethora of stories from all these lives gathered today.
Despite the mainly continuous rainfall, it was such a pretty day and so fun to be all gathered .