At our wedding reception, we featured a framed cartoon (drawn old-school, with a felt pen and markers on real paper) featuring the story of our engagement. Yes, we even had a cartoon at our wedding. Hubs was familiar with having a starring role in my work by then.
We'd been an item for a year at that point and were spending the weekend at a gorgeous spot in Wakefield, Quebec. Hubs suggested that, since dinner wasn't for a while yet, we should go check out the falls and take pictures.
Lovely idea, I thought. Let me get my camera (back when we took a separate camera)! Of course, I get there and am all overcome by the majesty and get in full-on picture-taking mode. Go figure. But Hubs had other plans and I was not making it easy.
What I MEANT by "are you serious?" was "is this wonderful moment really happening right now? Am I really seeing what I think I'm seeing?" not like, "ugh, seriously?" but he likes to give me a ribbing about it, retelling it like I practically booted him over the falls. But, I mean, it DID kind of come out of nowhere, like "hey, that sure is a lot of water-POW! RING IN YOUR FACE".
It was very sweet though. Ironically, I didn't think to get a picture of us then.
So anyway, there you have it. I ended up finding a bit of cartoon material there, too, even in one of my best memories.
I just love the fact that you had a cartoon strip at your wedding. How awesome is that? Also - this is the kind of family legend that will live on forever. Good thing you both have a sense of humour about it!
ReplyDeleteOther than the photography, this could be the story of my engagement. When I proposed to my wife, she asked if I was kidding.
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