Responses

We're starting to get acceptances (yay!) in the mail. Also, sadly, a few declines. But the wave of new responses is making the arrival of the mail the highlight of our day.

It's fun to see how each invitee responds. Some do their best Joe Friday ("just the facts, ma'am"), letting a simple yes or no suffice. Others have written really nice notes to us, or in some other way expressed their excitement about our excitement about our Big Day.

I'm even becoming fond of the exclamation mark, which during normal times is my least favorite piece of punctuation. Somehow, when you see one on a reply card, it just brightens your day. (Of course, I'm not sure that would be the case if someone wrote "NO!!!!!!!")

My nephew, Ethan, sent a funny one, which listed all the reasons he is still skeptical that this wedding is for real. Thankfully, he's willing to play along and attend.

Pictured on this page is another response, from the Strumph family. Young Celia provided some lovely artwork to illustrate the card. It's great to open the envelopes and see such creativity.

In any event, as they say in show biz: Keep those cards and letters coming!

Invitations

Our invitations are ready, with help from the nice people at Crane & Co. That's the venerable Berkshires-based paper company that makes the paper in U.S. currency. They also make swell wedding stationery.

Julie has been busy, busy, busy doing the envelope addressing. So watch your mailboxes for the formal invitations, which should start arriving next week.

Then send back all those "yes, I'll attend" cards. It's going to be quite the to-do. (Or should that be quite the I-do?)