Love & Death in the South
My sweet darling beautiful cousin Chelsey got married on April 12 in Greensboro, North Carolina, and yes, I was there with my brother, parents, cousin Mikey, and two remaining aunties -- as well as, of course, my uncle Chausey (father of the bride) and Chausey's grandchildren Griffin, Chance and Izabella. Bink and I really wanted to go, most importantly to honor our cousin Andre (Chelsey's older brother, and father of the brood), who died in 2003 at 24 young years of age. The wedding was a large, billowy affair, with a rehearsal dinner at the local country club, a ceremony at an old church with long columns and brick walls, and a reception at a castle estate full of manicured gardens and terraces. The church was full with a couple hundred people, most of whom I did not know, in formal Southern attire that I can best describe as traditional and curly. I can only imagine that a similar wedding might have looked the same 30+ years ago. Loved it. Especially the classical music. N