As the cars drove along the winding Maine roads to Acadia National Park in Maine, the world was still shrouded in clouds and fog. The rain from the night before made all the colors on the ground look so saturated and almost more than real. It was a trip that Ian and his family had made for decades, but now the place they had shared would take on a more special meaning. The wedding was small, 15 family and friends gathered to celebrate their marriage in the great cathedral of nature.
Often weddings are portrayed as pageants for prima donnas. If WE TV is to be believed, weddings are a tacky arms race to the altar.
A minute at Ernie and Lisa Covino's wedding would have told you that's miles from the truth. I've rarely attended a wedding with a more palpable sense of family, friendship, love and even humor woven through the ceremony, the reception and the rest of their lives.