Hong's Wedding, March 20, 2010
  
 
From Eastgate in Bellevue to the Southpark area of Seattle...
 
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hongwedding16.JPG (327378 bytes) hongwedding17.JPG (140913 bytes) Our Lady of Lourdes is under the Sea-Tac airport flight path...
 
Parked outside Our Lady Lourdes, watching the bride and groom arrive... as the big jets flew over...
 
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Going in...
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hongwedding27.JPG (284231 bytes) Kim Phuong (KP) wearing green... looking into the camera...
 
hongwedding29.JPG (236640 bytes) Bridesmaids... Kim Phuong (KP) and Yoshi Nguyen (Tracy)...
 
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hongwedding32.JPG (105239 bytes) I always considered Hong to be so beautiful - and a more beautiful bride I've never seen. I wished Hong "all the best" a few moments before she walked the isle...
 
The ceremony...
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hongwedding43.JPG (567479 bytes) The ceremony was beautiful, but I must admit to having been flooded with my own thoughts. Though in a church full of happy people, I felt like I was alone, and face-to-face with a very hard reality. After the ceremony, feeling nearly overwhelmed by it all, I stepped outside for some fesh air. Weddings, like Christmas Day, Thanksgiving Day, and some funerals, inspire reflection. Reflection upon paths taken, and paths not taken... and upon what might have been...
 
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Driving from the church in south Seattle to the reception at China Harbor, at Lake Union in Seattle...
 
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At the China Harbor...
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hongwedding61.JPG (239893 bytes) The band was finishing up a sound check as I entered...
 
Looking out at Lake Union and Seattle from the China Harbor balcony...
 
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The reception was quite the bash!
 
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I was honored to have been invited to attend Hong's wedding. Hong and Andy are a fine couple and I wished them a lifetime of happiness.