I've been asked before if our wedding has a "theme?"
"No. No, not really." This has always been my reply.
Until now. I think I can answer this question differently today and from this point on.
Last night, Christopher and I revisited our late night excursions to Barnes and Noble. A favorite pastime of mine. There's no better thing for me than scouring through books in a quiet store and then finding ourselves reading picture books aloud in a little nook of the children's section.
Sitting next to each other I not only found myself listening to him mouth the words from his chosen book, but also recalling other moments in our past.
Like sitting side by side all those days and nights on the front step of the Gatz House; and sometimes, when the night sky was just perfect we'd look through the tree branches above us and at the moon who seems to always watch over us.
Or,
like the time when we drove out to the one public library that was open on a holiday, just to picnic beneath a tree whilst reading a book.
This is my other favorite thing (or things i should say): a shady tree.
We've often walked upon paths beneath canopies of trees. I think I've gotten him quite fascinated with the magic of great trees.
I suppose that's how The Shady Tree was born - then reborn.
So, our theme:
Everything we love beneath a shady tree - including our guests, to whom we're pleased to share all this love for everything and each other.
