Very Important News Flash

I don't use real names on here - never. I don't know that I 've explained why, but I will now.

I believe that everyone on here deserves a certain amount of privacy, but me. The only ones who know exactly who I'm talking about are the ones who are normally in the exact situation discussed. I did this so that even if I say something that is unflattering about someone they can rest assured that the entire world doesn't know who they are. It isn't a personal attack. It was, more than likely, never meant to be.

This also allows people to have the freedom to let their friends read about themselves and not have to let them know that I'm speaking of them. It gives them a choice. Since I'm not allowing others to determine what I write, at least they have some solace.

Today, I'm going to make an exception though. Today is different - very different. Since this is newsworthy stuff and I feel that I have a duty, no an obligation to report this news.

Mary Cate Henry has been spotted traveling towards Hagerstown, MD.

That's it... thank you, and good night.


What?


You wanted more?


Man, you guys are demanding.


Okay.


Mary Cate Henry was seen travelling in a Pontiac Aztec - tonight.


Better? lol

I didn't think so.


Mary Cate Henry is only recently that at all. As a matter of fact, even as late as 2:30 this afternoon (we remembered the time change) she was not as she is now... she was much different...

She had a completely different name.

For, at 2:00 this afternoon the process had begun to turn her from Mary Cate O'Connor (one of my dearest and most Loved friends) to Mary Cate Henry (one of my dearest and most loved friends).

Now who, you may ask, could possibly be worthy of the hand of one of my dearest friends?

A friend so close that he is my son's Godfather.

Shawn Henry is as good a friend as anyone could ever ask, and more. I have had tough times, especially in the past year, and one person who I can say was there in the toughest, stickiest parts of the whole thing was Shawn. When no one else wanted to put up with me at 1 am Shawn was at Denny's drinking coffee with me. When things were at their worst he helped me remember that I was going through a process more than I was a tragedy in my own life. So, when I look at things now, and see what's around me, I can honestly say that Shawn was there then to help me get here now.

Maybe it isn't all that important when he thinks back on it, but it was important to me, and, since I'm the author here lol, that's all that matters.

I believe that if we all knew how much of a difference we've made in someone's life we can sleep better realizing that, even in the smallest things, we made an impact. Yes, it's idealistic and maybe it would even require us to wear a bit of our hearts on our sleeves (gasp!), but it'd change the world, and people like Shawn and Mary Cate would be it's leaders.

They (with the possible exception of their families) tell more people that they Love them than anyone I know. It doesn't have to be a relative or even the opposite sex. They just say it, with no thought of the words, and never leaving a crumb of doubt, that they absolutely meant it with all the gravity those few syllables could possibly carry.

Their outdoor wedding was absolutely beautiful. I think most fairy tale stories women come up with are very close to what my dear friends actually did. A beautiful woman and her gallant beau were married, outside, by a quiet pond, with a monk presiding. It was very fairy tale like, and the reception maintained that fantasy with a lively, sometimes raucous party with amazing ambience.

If there is any lesson today, it's to learn from them. Be happy. Be in Love. Just be, but do it so that people know you mean it.

So, heres to my friends, who are more like my family. May they have many, many days that turn into many, many years of the wonders and the mysteries that make life great by yourself. But make it all that much more amazing when you share it with that one person who makes all those mysteries and wonders reality.

Congratulations

SHAWN AND MARY CATE HENRY

I Love you both.

-Billy

P.S.

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... and welcome back Calyn. I'm glad that you're safe.