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Another first.

Before 2010 ended, I already have a five weddings to go to. I have never attended the Church wedding itself, normally we just go to the reception given our busy schedules. But this year, I will make it a point to attend the Church weddings.

We arrived 20 minutes late because we had only 2 hours to have everything done - from buying a card for the gift, hair & make-up and change. By the time we got to the Church, we saw the bride, standing at the door of the Chapel, waiting for the signal to enter the Church. I was quite fixated. Here is my former teammate, standing at the door of the Church looking divine in her white dress about to begin a new chapter in her life. We all wanted to shout out to her and cheer her on but we knew she was in her moment, concentrating on the MOMENT.

So we snuck in the back, hurriedly occupying the nearest vacant pew and looked back at the door. The Church was eeriely silent as we were waiting for the bride to come in. Not even the kids in the Church were making a fuss.

The Church door opened and it was filled with a bright light. We were almost blinded by the radiance. And slowly, one step at a time, the bride slowly walked down the aisle, the Church was filled with music and tears started to form in my eyes. It took every ounce of control to keep them from falling so I just concentrated on taking pictures.