Weddings

We kept our own wedding pretty simple, but I wish in many ways it had been even simpler. (Or more unusual. Some couples get married in an underground chapel just outside Hellertown, Pa., on Halloween.)

Couples should do what works for them, and never mind what their parents think. Purple wedding dress, ripped or stone-washed jeans, red-orange fezes -- whatever they like. We did Communion for the two of us, instead of a Unity candle; a friend of mine and his wife did Air Communion.

Ken's explanation was that he and his wife had planned to take Communion together. Unfortunately, the person in charge of Communion had forgotten to place either element in the appropriate place, with the result that they had to "fake it." They went through the motions of taking Communion, drinking nonexistent juice from empty cups, and eating nonexistent bread from empty trays.