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Wedding bells

A letter arrives this morning addressed in calligraphic swirls of black ink. Someone has inked each letter with strokes, curlicues and loops that make The Bean's beginner alphabet letters on her wooden blocks stark and almost impoverished in comparison.

Writing like that promises only good things. And these flourishes, swoops and upstrokes do not disappoint. Inside is an invitation to the wedding in Ireland of an old friend and her long-term boyfriend. They got engaged in India at Christmas.

We became friends as flatmates back in London. Our flatsharing wasn't a huge success: when we protested at a proposed 20% rent rise, our landlord responded with an eviction notice. But our friendship survived this set-back and continued. Even after we both became home-owners ourselves and later moved away from London.

She flew back from New York for the weekend to be at our wedding, so a trip across the Irish Sea doesn't seem much to ask in comparison. Suffice to say, we're very excited and looking forwards to a jaunt to Waterford in September.

Posted 19 July 2007 23:30

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Comments

IngeniousRose said:

Mother at Large, it all incredibly romantic, an uplifting post. My mother is Irish, making me half Irish. I can tell you they know how to throw a good party do the Irish! We know the place well, we used to live there and if I were to mention the name 'Waterford' to my mother it would set her off reminising for hours, so it's best I don't!! Enjoy the Guinness while you are there!

Posted 20 July 2007 02:25

DJ Kirkby said:

I loved your description of the caligraphy and the significance of diffent sorts of writing. It left me happy for someone I do not know and I hope your friend has a perfect wedding day. My computer is playing up today (yikes) so I am not sure if this comment will post itself up or not.

Posted 20 July 2007 06:07

Flowerpot said:

Sounds like a good bash in the offing as yes, I believe the Irish are - er - very hospitable. Lovely description of the wedding invitation.

Posted 20 July 2007 09:21

The Good Woman said:

An Irish wedding to look forward to - happy days!

Posted 20 July 2007 11:04

Mother at Large said:

Ingenious Rose, I'll raise a glass of Guinness to you!

DJ, thanks for your good wishes. They're a lovely couple.

Flowerpot, I'm excited!

Good Woman, yay!

Posted 20 July 2007 11:54

Mother at Large

Welcome to this site. It's based on my personal experiences of becoming a mother a little later in life. If, like me, you waited a while to have children you're in good company. More and more of us are waiting until our late 30s or even 40s to become parents. Some might even say we're fashionably late.

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Mother at Large dreams of crossing the Pyrenees with her young daughter. For now, getting to playgroup takes all her energy. To find out more read her full profile.

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