The Next Best Thing to Being There

This is a sweet story:

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - The bride wore camouflage and combat boots. The groom, 7,000 miles away in Qatar, forgot the ring. But nothing could stop the wedding.

Air Force Staff Sgts. Courtney Reynolds, 26, and Christopher Bowden, 25, exchanged vows via teleconference Friday, kissing the video monitors when a chaplain pronounced them married.

"I always said I was going to be untraditional," said Reynolds, who wore a white veil along with her uniform. She said she decided to forgo a wedding dress because she knew Bowden would be wearing camouflage.

It's not the way I would choose to get married, personally, but then, I don't have my fiancee stationed on the other side of the world, either. And being married is a good thing (in my experience). And if nothing else, it's a heck of a wedding day story to tell the kids one day. Although I suppose it would make the first dance difficult. Well. That can wait.

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#13 Comment from kittycutiegirl
11/29/05 9:49 PM | Permalink

Hi there. ..I was just doing a wedding search and your blog came up. I run a wedding forum that has over 1000 members that I think you will enjoy. There are ton of inspiration pictures and wedding planning journals sort of like this one. The site is called www.beautifulbridesandbeyond.com

Hope you will join us.

You have to register and post in new members to gain access to the entire board.

here is a helpful link to a thread with tons of pictures.

http://beautifulbridesandbeyond.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6206

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#12 Comment from zosche973
11/29/05 7:34 PM | Permalink

Love that story...~Diane~

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#11 Comment from lurkynat
11/28/05 1:23 AM | Permalink

Dear John,
What a touching salute to two people who don't let time and space prevent them from makinga lasting an beautiful comminment to each other!
natalie
#10 Comment from thelovetrain
11/28/05 12:54 AM | Permalink

Congratulations to the untraditional newlyweds!

... Thanks, John. I adore, true-love stories. <3

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#9 Comment from hwriter06
11/27/05 8:39 PM | Permalink

John thier story isnt really sad it is in a sense magnificent . They are overcoming all barers . They are affirming life and the future .

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