LONG READS → VEILED JOY Issue 807 · April 22, 2020

Four Dates, One Special Day

The two of us stood under our chuppah, enjoying the wedding we’d planned in just 24 hours

Four Dates, One Special Day

And there we were. March 19, 6:45 p.m. The two of us stood under our chuppah, enjoying the wedding we’d planned in just 24 hours.

I can hardly remember what the original plan was. The events that unfolded under Hashem’s watchful EEye allowed me to have a chuppah where we could be ourselves; a wedding where I was able to dance with each and every guest — with plenty of room on the dance floor;!; a delicious Chinese wedding seudah; amazing music with each of my siblings playing an instrument at some point (even I played the clarinet under the chuppah); and — with the help of the Internet — many more guests watching this special moment than we’d expected.

I could never have imagined how much nachat I’d get from discovering retroactively how many people tuned in to share in our simchah, how many people dressed up, set their tables, and sent us selfies of them watching my wedding.

Like I said, I can’t imagine having had it any other way.

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