Heather & Thor’s Weblog

Location: Marlboro, MA
Place: Dougherty Hotel Room
Date: April 5, 2008 – Night of our wedding

Edleweiss was me and Heather’s wedding song. It holds deep meaning for the two of us, especially for when we first started dating. So meaningful it was that I wrote my vows around the theme that Heather was my bright little Edleweiss — “small and white, clean and bright,” beaming with the glow of excitement, always happy to meet me.

After the wedding, the party returned to the hotel in Marlborough, where most of our guests were staying. Heather and I, after cleaning up, headed over to the Dougherty rooms, where a party was already launching into tune.

The hotel room quickly filled with mostly Dougherty’s, many friends, and people from the Kirleis side of the wedding. Laugther was had, chatter ran rampant, and even song and a semblence of dance broke out. But it was the song that was the oh sweet for the memories inside.

As I sat on the arm of a couch in the room, chatting with Mike Travis (my best friend from high school) and Lord John (our good friend and the wedding officiant), the women Dougherty’s sang with passion and poise.

A minute later, the noise in the room began to slowly lower as a flowery tune, small and white, floated softly in the air, as it grew a touch louder with each verse. And that’s when a tear struggled to my eye as the song of Edlewiess, sung by my family in tune, crafted a moving tribute to Heather and I.

It was a moment I will never forget. I only wished that Heather was there to share in the moment. It was special.

Thank you, ladies.