{"id":6199,"date":"2021-06-16T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T05:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/?p=6199"},"modified":"2024-07-20T16:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T23:02:46","slug":"esters-wedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/esters-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ester&#8217;s Wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is this the story of a wedding? A family? \u00a0Our grandmother tells her version, painting a rich tableau of a big, messy family \u00a0making a united effort to create a wedding for their sister, in spite of family tragedy. Frozen turkeys, baby&#8217;s breath, chocolate groom&#8217;s cake and too many guests are featured alongside the usual excitement of a beautiful bride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6214 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1084\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Wedding-Therese-Dad-Mom-color-600x386.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1084px) 100vw, 1084px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And then, the wedding from another point of view. The emotional landscape of a moment in time, after which everything changes irrevocably.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6212 size-large alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1-705x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"705\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1-705x1024.jpg 705w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1-768x1115.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1-600x871.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Ester-Mom-Mary-1.jpg 955w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6217 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"690\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-1536x1086.webp 1536w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/caitlinhicks.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BsWedding-Reception-w-Mom-sick.webp 1888w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 690px) 100vw, 690px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19508240\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/993aa9\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is this the story of a wedding? A family? \u00a0Our grandmother tells her version, painting a rich tableau of a big, messy family \u00a0making a united effort to create a wedding for their sister, in spite of family tragedy. 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