Jim & Meredith

Josh's best friend from high school got married this weekend in the South Bend area, and Josh stood up as his best man at the wedding. It was a beautiful, meaningful wedding, bringing in the couple's personality and the importance of the vows they were making to each other. It was neat to see the supportive families and church families surrounding them during the celebration.

A song sung while the mothers lit the candles by the Unity candle stuck with me- partly because I hadn't heard it before, partly because it's really sweet, and partly because I heard it rehearsed many times while hanging around the rehearsal and wedding preparations waiting for Josh:

Turn Around

Where are you going, my little one, little one?
Where are you going, my baby, my own?
Turn around and you’re two,
Turn around and you’re four
Turn around and you’re a young girl
Going out of the door

Turn around (turn around)
Turn around (turn around)
Turn around and you’re a young girl
Going out of the door

Where are you going, my little one, little one?
Dirndls and petticoats, where have you gone?
Turn around and you’re tiny,
Turn around and you’re grown
Turn around and you’re a young wife
With babes of your own

Turn around and you’re a young
Turn around and you’re a young wife
With babes of your own

Where are you going my little one, little one
Where are you going my baby my own
Turn around and you’re two,
Turn around and you’re four
Turn around and you’re a young girl
Going out of my door

This lullaby was sung to the bride and her sisters by her mother growing up, so it had special significance. Jim and Meredith have blossomed and grown together, and now they are headed out to their own life and adventures together- but first, they're going to Disneyworld!