Wow, what an awesome and wonderful Saturday :) W&T hosted the lovely Josee and Jeroen on their wedding celebration in London. I know, I know, we thought it was an unusual request too. You see, Josee used to frequent our shop in Bermondsey when she lived in London but she moved back to the Netherlands. On the happy occasion of her recent marriage to Jeroen, the couple organised a special treat for family and friends in London that included a double decker bus tour. They also wanted to stop by at W&T and wondered if we would host them. We were only too pleased to oblige -- what an honour to be included on the itinerary and part of the wedding celebrations! Josee had also asked if we would read some poems, or make the occasion special in some way. Shivaun picked a poem from John Berger's And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos, while Scarlet pored through Chinese poems and settled on one written in the Yuan Dynasty, where a woman writes of the metaphor of clay figurines; through the union of marriage, the clay is broken, comingled, and refashioned - pieces of each in the other. That poem was also set to music for a movie in 1976. So we played the song for a bit while the couple danced. What's a wedding celebration without heartfelt words of love and an outpouring of warm vibes from family and friends? Josee read a few poems which she had written, which got everyone teary-eyed. A tidal wave of love surged through the room and there was not a dry eye in the house. After the imbibing of pink champagne and wine, grazing on snacks, the guests also received an Albert Camus chapbook to remember the occasion. As the guests departed into the fading light of dusk, there was a palpable feel-good glow at W&T. It was time for Shivaun, Scarlet and I to get back to work to prepare W&T for another day. (Okay, okay, we didn't get to it straightaway, we picked at bits of the food first!) But it was hard to resist stopping and to ponder about the unusual day that Josee, Jeroen and their guests had bestowed upon us by sharing their happiness at ours. Congratulations again Josee and Jeroen. May your life ahead be filled with love, warmth, joy, happiness and fulfilment. From all of us at W&T, thank you again for sharing your special day with us. -- Fran
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