- From Eastgate in Bellevue to the Southpark area of Seattle...
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Our Lady of Lourdes is under the Sea-Tac airport flight path... |
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- 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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Kim Phuong
(KP) wearing green... looking into the camera... |
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Bridesmaids...
Kim Phuong (KP) and Yoshi Nguyen (Tracy)... |
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I always considered Hong to be
so beautiful
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bride I've never seen. I wished Hong "all the best" a few moments before she walked
the isle... |
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- The ceremony...
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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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I sat inside Bigfoot and watched Hong and Andy leave in the limo... |
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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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The band was finishing up a sound check as I entered... |
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- 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.
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