Friday, October 19, 2012

First time role: Bridesmaid

I am very honored and excited to be a bridesmaid, for the first time ever, in my cousin's wedding on November 24, 2012. I have wanted to be in a wedding for as long as I can remember, and while I have a lot of female friends, I have very few BEST friends. My cousin Emily is the first of my close friends to get hitched and I am thrilled to have been asked to stand up with her!

Emily has the most amazing "how I met my husband" story. Ranaan is a musician and she went to see his group perform with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra while she was in college. After the concert the band was signing autographs and Emily (with a fair amount of encouragement from her friend and now bridesmaid Cora) plucked up the courage to get in line and talk to him. Though she could hardly speak when they actually met, he was as smitten as her as she was with him, and he gave her his number right there and then! They started hanging out and the adventure began!

They've been dating for just about 5 years now which brings us to the beautiful temple they will be getting married in!
Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia
This was also the site of their proposal!
The following is from their wedding page:

It was a beautiful Friday evening. Ranaan picked Emily up from work just like a normal day. We had made plans with Norma and Josh (Ranaan's parents) to go to Shabbat service together. The synagogue was buzzing with people (it was an especially large service). A little more than halfway through the service there is a moment for congregants to shared celebrations from the week. Many kids announced A's on tests', others shared new birth's in their family, all while the Rabbi made his way over to Ranaan. When everyone was all finished he passed the microphone to Ranaan. Ranaan began to talk about how much he loves Emily, and what a great person she is for him. He then asked her to marry him and Emily responded yes! (about 7 times).

Their reception will be at the National Museum of Jewish American History.

Aren't they adorable!!

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