A Toast for Kimmy & Jake – 23 June 2018

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Three years ago, nearly to the day, our families and many of you here today gathered in this very spot to celebrate Kimmy’s 30th birthday. Our mother and I, along with the support of the Fricke’s, threw Kimmy a hybrid tea party slash garden party slash tiki bar/sashimi extravaganza that was very fitting of my baby sister’s varied interests. It is deeply meaningful to be back in this space with you all today now celebrating the marriage of Kimmy and Jake and the building of this family whom we all cherish.

While our mother is no longer with us in person to celebrate as we did three years ago, I know that there is absolutely no one in the cosmos more thrilled and over the moon to have this day transpire.

I can say this because she had been needling Kimmy and Jake about when they were going to get married long before her passing, as the woman delighted in epic love stories and even more epic parties more than anyone I’ve ever known. And she wasn’t afraid to vocalize her opinions on any and all matters.

From the start, Allison was thrilled when she learned that Kimmy and Jake were dating. At the time, it was perhaps not for the most deep or meaningful of reasons. You see, the woman had a thing about tall men. And she took great pleasure in the prospect of her precious preemie daughter, Kimmy, who stands at a mere 5’6”, building a family with a man who stands at a whopping 6’5”. To be clear, I understand objectively that 5’6” is not short by any measure, but Allison’s perspective was skewed by the genetic make-up of our particular family.  And indeed Kimmy was well-suited to cohabit with a person of great opinion and stature having grown up in a household of tall and opinionated first borns.

And, of course, our mother and whole family came to love Jake for more than just his height. If not most importantly, because of how he loves our Kimmy and how she loves him in return.

When our mother died so unexpectedly and suddenly, I understood very quickly how one retreats to the safety and comfort of those they trust and love most dearly to survive. For me, I found my anchor in my son who was born just three weeks after her death. He kept me tethered and safe. And as I reflect back on that time, it’s so clear that Jake was Kimmy’s anchor. He was her safe harbor.

Of course I know how ridiculously cheesy that sounds but I keep returning to this metaphor. That our parents raised us right alongside a safe harbor, and that Kimmy and Jake are building their family similarly positioned near the safety and beauty of so many safe harbors is so heartachingly apt. Their partnership has already weathered one of life’s most challenging storms. And while there is no doubt that they will continue to delight in all of the joy and pleasure that comes from life on the sea, my wish is that they may always return to the comfort and support of one another and these safe harbors.

Cheers to a lifetime by the sea and always finding safe harbor in your love.

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