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So off to the banquet it was, where champagne would be indulged, and food would be engulfed by the stomach before the night would end. I don’t really have more to say about the ending except that it was a jolly good time. But before I go into that, I will leave this story, not completely but for a time, because this documented time of Sandra’s life was over. She had her beau and he had his lady. What else could I absolutely state about her life. Boy meets girl, things get complicated, they find and discover themselves through a myriad of adventures and lovers, and then their paths cross once more leading to this wedding banquet. How can I go through all of this and be hostile to people who carried him and brought him to what now is bliss for the both of us. I mean, he is my breath and my depth, my reason for living and so what I am getting to in this wonderful ceremony and wedding banquet is that life is better with people. Dreams can never be accomplished alone. Going solo is not what this life is all about and therefore my life has changed in this respect. I think in the end Sandra and John found their everlasting peace. They dated other people, they pursued a little of their dreams, and although Sandra is the focal point of that discovery she took in New York, but John was a doctor who needed to prepare himself for it so in a way he also went through a time of self-discovery. So it is not just about people, it is about peace and tranquility. So if you can follow and do things your heart tells you and it involved loving people, finding peace and has a little bit of self discovery, then you are well on your way to a happy and successful life. Just as John and Sandra arrived, the banquet was full of guests galore. It was beyond anything they could have dreamed. The evening would start off with an appetizer that consisted of garlic and cheese on various buns which the tables could share. Everyone would eat a plate of the best chicken alfredo fettucini, topped with balsamic green salad. There was also strawberry smoothie drink at every table and a bottle of wine there as well. A superb meal for a wedding my opinion. As guests rolled in, I could see people of new and old friends and family. Aunts and uncles were there to ring in the best day of my life! The photographer was taking so many wonderful pictures of guests having the time of their lives as well. My bridesmaids and myself danced to numerous songs, one of course being “YMCA” which is one of my favorites from my earlier pub days with them. “You remember how we used to jam to this one back in the day,” stated Julia. We’d pick up a few drinks and hold our cups in the air and dance to this song?” “I totally remember, Julia, and I will always remember.” And Sandra thought about it as Julia went on and on. She remembered. She kept saying ‘uh huh, uh huh’ but Sandra was thinking on about something else in her mind. You know, one of those moments that while you're listening to someone, you also have something on your mind as well. She was thinking about the time when John and herself went to Mexico one time. So we’re at a beach, holding hands, just loving each other’s company, when we saw some dolphins in the distance, and instead of being in awe of these sea animals I was in awe of this man I was holding in my hands. And as Julia finished her sentence, I realized that I had become the type of bride, wife, woman and friend that these bridesmaids of mine were talking about. I had become so in live with my husband, that nothing else had mattered to me at that moment. Things happen, people change and friends move on. “They really do,” I said to Julia, as she said to me, “huh? What are you saying Sandra?” and I brushed it off, saying “its okay, nothing.” Do you ever think sometimes you look like a certain way, you’re at two places not one, but actually on the inside, in your heart, that one place is the place where you’ve always been and that’s what life is always about forever. That one man, that one friend, that one experience AND if you can learn that young, then you have really made it, sister, and that really has made all the difference.