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The tradition in the family now is to get married in nontraditional places (I will not be participating, as I have selected Grace Cathedral many years ago, and will be the only daughter married in a church by an ordained minister that attended seminary, not my friend that received an ordination online). Two sisters have been married more than once. One met her husband in a bar, so they married in that bar. Another was married on an inactive volcano. My favorite is the sister that was married in a Reno drive through chapel, then went to Reno for her honeymoon after wedding number two. There were velvet paintings of Jesus at the second wedding. When my mother remarried they snuck off and went to a small church out in the country.
The tradition I am really sad I can't participate in, is having my grandmother bake my wedding cake. She started with my aunt's wedding in 1963, and made cakes for all the other aunts and uncles, the grandkids, cousins, family friends, and anyone who needed one up until just before she died. She was a finalist in the Pillsbury bakeoff more than once, so it was quality stuff. I will be able to use the cake topper couple she had at her wedding, which really makes me happy. She was married over 60 years, so I hope to receive the same blessings.
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