Speaking of rings

On Sunday afternoon our oldest grandson is getting married to a lovely young lady. They met about a year and a half ago and hit it off immediately. He proposed to her in late January and happily for us all she accepted.

All five of our grandsons are in their twenties and all five have serious love interests, so we may be attending a flurry of weddings in our family in the next couple of years. This weekend the family will have "passed the torch to a new generation" (President John F. Kennedy used that phrase in his inaugural address back in 1961 when none of our grandchildren or even our children were twinkles in anyone's eye).

Our one and only granddaughter, on the other hand, is not romantically involved with anyone at present. She is currently concentrating on graduating from university next spring and starting her career, so it's probably just as well.

For this Sunday afternoon's event, in the "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue" department the something old will be us.

[Editor's Note. The Sunday afternoon referred to in this post was actually last Sunday afternoon. My blog decided to act up toward the end of last week and, though it is still readable, I have been informed via e-mail that it is "greyed out" to many of you and that you cannot leave comments. I hope that the blog is now back to its old self and that my posts are once again "commentable" but if this is not the case, I do apologize (British: apologise). I really don't know what to do next. Does anyone out there have any advice or suggestions to offer?

P.S. -- The wedding was beautiful. --RWP]