shotglass wedding: but who will marry the reverend?

many of you know that some time ago, i got ordained online through the internet miracle that is the universal life church and i have married several couples already. even though i get nervous, i really actually love marrying couples. it makes me feel great knowing that i had a hand [and signature] in something really special for others and it gives me great joy. if you didn't know, well, now you do. it's true, i am a reverend. i like to marry folks.

one of the most frequently asked questions we've been getting is 'so who's going to marry the reverend?'

mike and i have had several discussions about this, in fact. since it's impossible for me to marry us, we had to consider who was going to be doing our ceremony. mike is a catholic, and i am a protestant. going to the courthouse seemed like a bad idea, though i've considered it several times during this whole wedding planning thing. we had a few volunteers, actually, which is awesome, but we knew in order not to be jerks concerning the folks, we needed someone close to us, semi-theist, and who would give the ceremony the propers while being on good behavior in front of the 'rents. not saying anything bad about the volunteers [hey, dan! hi, erin!], it's just that there seemed to be one person in particular who was really perfect for the job...

her name is roberta thorp. she and i have been friends since 1998, where we met at a crappy job, and we've been quite close for ages. so close, in fact, that she, her husband tom, and baby julian, live next door to us. we were there through each other's relationship crises, crappy jobs, highs and lows, pregnancies, and i was a birthing coach for her delivery, so yeah, we are pretty stinking close. we are doing an intimate, family ceremony so it only seemed fitting to have someone like family doing the honors of signing our papers, and roberta is family to us - i actually became a reverend because she asked me to marry her and tom; when we asked her earlier tonight if she'd return the favor, in which she excitedly and gladly accepted. i am thrilled to have her and her family be there with us as we do this thing. it really does mean the world to me.