Today I have been rescued by a young lady, daughter of one of our elite master runners.
You can do all the planning in the world to achieve your goal – but fate can conspire against you. Still Chin Up. Re-plan. Cross Fingers. Hope. Move on.
Over now to Laura who should have had one of the best days of her life this month.
Corona Bride
What does lockdown mean to me?
A time of reflection, they say. A time to just be.
My wedding is cancelled. My fiancé, my groom
Has been replaced by weeks of socialising on zoom.
Months of preparation, months of excitement
Have all resulted in a dreaded postponement.
More admin, more emails, a never-ending bore
I fear that I will no longer have the day I had hoped for.
The buzzing run up to wedding tasks
Have been swapped with the search for those damn protective masks.
The Government orders us to social distance
And learn a new way of bizarre co-existence.
Our hearts sink every time we switch on the news
We leave the house to wait outside supermarkets in queues.
A lockdown for an extrovert is not too ideal
I text my friends to say, are you also finding this surreal?
House arrest for everyone spurs on anxiety
And yet volunteer work and kindness shines through in our society.
I was so excited to wear my wedding dress
And now I spend my time learning to play chess.
I wanted to dance with my friends at my hen
Currently the only people I see are mailmen.
The day our loved ones have put on hold
Will be no more, I have been told.
I will not be a summer’s bride
It’s okay to say a part of me (unashamedly!) died.
Fifteen months of planning
And now the wedding faces an unprecedented banning.
I wanted to get married in May
But I must accept it will be a different day.
A wedding diet was the plan for sunny Spring
And now I do not care about the odd bingo wing.
A kilo here, a kilo there,
Will does not notice, let alone care.
I feel silly that I worried about my wedding day tan
When now I am sat at home for an unknown time span.
The people who about us do care
Will be there to see us when we finish with this nightmare.
They will watch us say I do and clap
Excitement, chatter and fun will make up for the time gap.
The celebration will be more special
And really, not too much more stressful.
We hope no more will we be in isolation
And together we can celebrate the memorable occasion.
I shall not worry about every minor little thing,
Instead I look forward to guests rejoicing our love and having a sing.
I shall not worry about keeping the rain at bay,
Because side by side we shall come for a rare and precious day.
We will not forget to say to the doctors in the family; Thank You!
And Yes Will, even after lockdown, I still say I do.
Laura Mowat April 2020
