Memories Monday -- It's not over until it's analyzed.

Karen and Nikki came over Sunday afternoon for Part 2 – Discussing the Wedding.  The people at Epiphany had loaded us up with leftovers (telling us to “Come back, now.”) as well as the paper and plastic.  (Somehow this doesn’t sound as elegant as china, silver, and glasses, but I don’t want to give a false impression.)

We all agreed that the wedding had been beautiful, although Karen, who is becoming quite the Methodist thanks to her detective work, thought the chanting was “kind of creepy – no offense.”

I had to agree. “But Kate went High Church because when she was community organizing in the slums, she needed to escape to another world for an hour a week.”

“Well, she certainly did.”

Allison and her family had left in the morning.  “Do you think she’s healed now?”  Nikki asked.

“I sure hope so.”

“You’re nicer than I am.  I wouldn’t give a rat’s as . . .butt.”

“Well, she’s family.  Courtney and Dylan are calling Kate ‘Grandma.’  Maybe back home, they’ll call her ‘Pastor Grandma,’ but that’s not my problem.”

“Speaking of family, your dad seemed to hit it off with Missy.  She started getting all sentimental and telling him how awful she felt about breaking up Janet’s marriage and would she ever forgive her?”

“He must have loved that.”

“Actually, he didn’t seem to mind. He told her she should try to get to Janet through Kate.  He called her ‘the other one.’  Why doesn’t he like Kate?  She’s such a sweetheart.”

“In his mind, there’s got to be something wrong with anyone who would love Janet if they weren’t related to her and had to.  Plus, he thinks clergy are either crazy or hypocrites.”

“What about Unitarian ministers?”

“He thinks they’re bleeding heart liberals and tree huggers with more education then common sense, but they’re interesting to talk to.  Were you eavesdropping?”

“I was at the table next to them, and they’d gotten loud.  Ed’s dad was getting a drink or in the bathroom or something.”

“It’s too bad he wasted his time with Missy,” Nikki said.  “He probably could have gotten some wedding sex with one of the single churchladies.”

“She’d probably have tried to convert him.” 

Cilla picked that time to walk in the kitchen.  “I thought the bride and groom were the ones who had wedding sex.”

I gave her one of the homemade white chocolate macadamia nut cookies.  “Why don’t you take Betsey and Josh cookies, too?  Here, I’ll put everything on a tray for you.  And here are some napkins from the wedding.”

“Can I have two?”

“Of course you can.  Now run along.”

Karen and Nikki were trying not to laugh.  “You missed a teachable moment there.  Does she understand about Janet and Kate?”

“She has a new grandmother and she got to be a flower girl and that’s good enough for her.  Anyway, one of her friends has two dads.”

“And she got two cookies.” 

That would work for me.