I Do! I Do!

I chanced upon this poster at St. Mary's Cathedral some time in June.

I don't usually go to mass at St. Mary's and 

I normally don't read the notices on the bulletin board. 

But on that particular day, I did both.

MacGyver and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary this year.

We were planning to go out of town on our anniversary.

That meant we would not be with the kids on that day.

This renewal of vows was on a Sunday.

If everyone was free on that day, we could attend as a family.

I  asked MacGyver whether he was interested in joining the renewal of vows

and what his schedule was like on that Sunday.

"Up to you," he said and that he was free on that day.

GI is working weekdays 9 to 5.

RD was on school holidays.

That left MyGirl, who normally works on Sundays.

I asked her what 02 July was like for her.

She said that since that was the first weekend of school holidays, 

and she was tapering down her work schedules, 

she had specifically asked not to work on that day.

So on the first Sunday of July, 

the whole family trooped to the city

and attended mass at the Cathedral.

Archbishop Anthony Fisher renewed the vows of dozens of couples.

Only those married for 50 years received certificates.

(Yes, MacGyver and I are in there somewhere.)