wedding

How can one describe a feeling so powerful that can stop everything around you? 

When i saw Rhianonn walk towards me next to Gohen, her father, i knew immediately that i was the luckiest man in Middle-Earth. The small steps, the shy smile, the big blue eyes, the immaculate white dress, the small flower she was holding... everything made her look like if an Ainur had descended to Trestlebridge. I will never see anything more perfect in my life.

And suddenly the day had arrived.

After so much waiting, after all the courting, after asking for her hand, after surviving a crisis, the morning of the day of the wedding was there, with the sun shining outside of my window. 

The hours that followed passed practically unnoticed. I guess i had breakfast, i cleaned myself, dressed up and rode to Bree. There i saw a lot of friends, many of whom had come especially for the wedding. We talked and laughed, but during all that time i could only think in the bride.

“My head looks like a garden!” she wailed at her reflection in the mirror.  She spun the circlet this way and that until there were so many petals on the floor it looked as if she had hosted the wedding in her home.  Then the damned thing snapped and fell to the floor, where it was promptly kicked away in frustration.  Soon enough, she stole more flowers from a neighbours garden and remade the circlet again.  Finally she lifted the hem of her dress and strapped a dagger to her thigh just as

The day of the wedding has finally arrived and I find myself excited for the happy couple.  Rhia and Ana are amongst my dearest friends, and to see them grow close and fall in love has been a joy to watch.  I hurry and dress for the wedding, or as hurried as I can be with the babe so close to coming.  Grabbing my harp and coin pouch, I make my way from the home of my husband, Komatsu, to Trestlebridge where the ceremony will take place.