A Running Doc’s Life: Wedding Experience!

Last weekend was quite the memory maker. My daughter Megan got married to Dan Nelson. I have another son now! It was a great day! Everything went really well. The reception and dance were tons of fun. I will share some photos leading up to wedding but will leave the actual event and professional photos of the day up to Megan to post when she gets them. We started off the day before with a prewedding run!

Megan wore her “Bride” shirt, and Sarah and I wore our “Father” and “Mother” of the bride shirts. We met with some of our other friends with run club as well!

Carissa, who is like my “adopted daughter” from years of being a neighbor, surprised us early by showing up for the run. We knew she would be at the wedding as she was one of the bride maids. But we were all thrilled to have her for the run too!

We had the rehearsal Friday evening, and my grandson Connor also got to practice being a ring bearer. He was really getting fired up to be ready for the dance Saturday night.

The reception tables looked so nice. Every place had a bookmark commemorating the day! How fitting for Meg and her authoring of books! I have some extra’s from the day that I get to keep!

Molly and Tanner were looking great for the day too!

Now, we have to recover and get ready for another wedding in October. Nick and Hannah will be getting married then! We can’t wait for the next one!

The day and evening were filled with great memories. I have always dreamed of being able to walk my girls down the aisle on their wedding days, and I got my dream fulfilled with both. I have them on video too, so I can keep watching. The time goes so quickly, but the emotions are always there. I will never forget. The day also brought me back to my wedding day. I remember standing at the front, waiting for Sarah to walk down, and just looking at her! Memories I will never forget. My twin brother Don was my best man. We had a great time Saturday night as well.

As a dad, there is nothing better than watching your kids be happy. All the good times, struggles with them all growing up, it is times like this that make you feel like you actually did something right. I could not be prouder of all of them. That is what success is about. Success is a journey, not a final destination. Remember that! You keep using the time you have to keep enjoying the journey, and learning from it, and improving on it. Take care of yourself so you can be around longer to enjoy it. Life has so many more adventures to offer yet. Keep moving everybody!

Dr. Dan

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