Mood: Monday

Portrait of Félix Fénéon, 1890
Paul Signac, France
oil on canvas

Today, April 24, is the date my parents were married. Among favorite recollections of that day, as they attempted to be married in a civil ceremony, they were told they needed two witnesses, and they stepped outside to stand on the sidewalk to figure out what to do. As it happened, my mother’s niece Pat and Pat’s boyfriend Herb were walking down the street. My parents spotted them and asked for their help, which was readily given.

I’m not sure how many years later, Pat and Herb were also married, and a few decades after that, they came to the wedding when Tom and I married. They’re the ones who gave us the lime coasters which have provided so much fun and playfulness through the years–inadvertently beginning what would become a recurring motif among a few of us: lime and lemon slices on all kinds of decorations and home goods.