The Weblog of Daniel Tashian

Well tomorrow I get married. I am home now, L. is at her folks’ house. I guess it’s a tradition for the bride and groom to spend the night before the wedding apart. We are leaving on our honeymoon, like, directly from the wedding, which is very chic, and I think, exciting! But now, the house is empty. Just me and our luggage. It feels kind of melancholy at the moment. I can feel her absence. I miss her!  I guess all celebrations of great joy are tinged with sadness. Like Dylan says in that song about “behind every beautiful thing there’s been some kind of pain.” – and I feel that. I know what he’s talking about. But the rehearsal dinner was tonight and it was lovely. Tom Schyler sang “long line of love” and Marcus Hummon sang “The Broken Road” – My parents sang “We got love” and Beston sang “Temple of Fish” and Jon sang “Simple Thyme”. It was really cool. I don’t know. Part of me feels like I am still the same person I was when I was 5 years old…only my body is older. I feel a bit bewildered by all of this attention, like: “wait! I’m just a kid!” But I guess i’m sort of a grown up now. I regret I haven’t posted more often, but I hope to remedy that when I get back. We go to St. John for 10 days, then to Sweden for 8. Double honeymoon. I decided to propose to Lillie sort of out of the blue. I had no idea that that decision would lead to so much of an outpouring of love and affection. Her family is amazing, and my family is too. I feel very fortunate, that in a moment, we set in motion a chain of events that has brought so many people together. I look forward to posting lots of pictures and tales of island adventures very soon. Thanks to everyone for the love and support. We will resume shortly!