Wedding Party

“Everybody here today met me somewhere along the way. You knew me first. Before the dress and the speeches and the whole of this, there was just us two.”

“You have seen me at my very worst and you have never brought any of it up since. Today everyone meets the polished version. You are the one who knows the rest.”

“You have a house and a job and people who need you at home every single week. You gave me months of it anyway and never once mentioned what that cost you.”

“When it all nearly fell apart in march you were the one who picked up the phone. You did not tell me it would be fine. You asked what needed doing and did it.”

“Everything I love about him started somewhere, and most of it started here. The kindness, the patience, and the way he turns up whenever it matters.”

“You bought the dress and the shoes and the flight and you never mentioned any of it. I know what being asked actually costs somebody, and I asked you anyway.”

“Everything I know about loving someone properly I learned in our kitchen. Not from anything you ever said about it. From watching how you did it.”

“Somebody will stand on the dress and something will go missing by eleven. You will have the safety pins and the bandages and will not make any fuss of it.”