E.B. did indeed decide he would walk down the aisle and be the ring bearer in the wedding yesterday, thankyouverymuch, and he even gave the preacher a run for his money. Yes, as the ceremony started and the preacher began to explain what a sacred union marriage is, my son moved to the center of the stage and loudly recited the Pledge of Allegience and then sang My Country Tis Of Thee for the wedding guests. I? Could have died. But I didn’t die, because I was laughing so hard I was crying and desperately searching the crowd for my husband to PLEASE! COME! GET! HIM! After what seemed like an eternity, E.B. finally finished up and the ceremony carried on just as planned.

Thankfully, everyone thought it was cute and was too busy laughing until THEY were crying and thankfully, my cousin (the bride) didn’t want to kill me once the ceremony was over.

We honestly don’t know where this child gets his urge to perform. A sign of things to come?

So, tomorrow E.B. is supposed to be the ring bearer in my cousin’s wedding. Rehearsal didn’t go so hot tonight. E.B. just wasn’t in a cooperative mood, so I don’t know how how tomorrow is going to pan out.

But, he did provide some comic relief at the rehearsal dinner. While waiting in the buffet line he asked me very loudly:

E.B.: “Mama, where’s Daddy?”

ME: He’ll be back soon, sweetie. We will see him after the dinner.”

E.B.: “Mama, is Daddy in jail again?”

You know the times when you just wish the ground beneath you would swallow you up whole? That was definitely one of them.

It seems like the moon has been quite a hot topic this week as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing. I think we’ve all seen the black and white footage of Neil Armstrong taking that first step on the moon’s surface and those profound words he would speak to describe the experience. I can’t imagine the courage it must have taken to make that trip and take those steps.

I read that an estimated 500 million people watched that lunar landing on TV. My maternal grandfather was one who thought the whole moon landing was a hoax. You couldn’t convince him otherwise. He went to his grave convinced it was filmed out in the middle of some desert using fancy Hollywood cinematography.

Space travel has always been interesting to me, so the fact that it had been 40 years really amazed me. 40 years! Such a long time ago!

…and then I remembered I’d be turning 35 next week. *ahem*

OK, so maybe not that long ago.