Old New Good Times

I rode the emotional roller coaster today. There's something about sitting in a church during a wedding- the music, the atmosphere, the aisle, the smiles, getting to relive the weddings of the past. I had tears in my eyes and a knot in my stomach because I was just feeling so much at once.

The feelings continued at the reception although the music was much different. After watching Matt dance in a chorus line and laughing hard enough to almost split my dress I was flooded with even more memories with each song. Then something happened. Somewhere in between "Shook Me All Night Long" and "Dancing Queen" the NKOTB song "The Right Stuff" was played with a raging response from the crowd. I just had to sit that one out and observe it. Did any of us have a little NKOTB at our weddings?

It was fun dancing and it made me think about the good old days of shaking it with my girlfriends. It was hard to dance without that safety net- the group of people who would tell you if you looked foolish or just look foolish with you. The group of people who would surround you in an instant if the wrong person danced too close. The group of people who would request your favorite songs and sing them with you like a rock star.

PS- The Jackson 5 song was also played but I sat that one out too because there's only one group I dance with to that song.