Neighbors, friends make wedding special

Published 9:00 pm Friday, April 21, 2006

We often hear the question: why don’t our neighbors help each other out as they did in the good old days? Well, from our wedding experience the good old days have never left us.

While we were planning our wedding celebration we had an appointment with a caterer some 45 miles away. After verifying this appointment the day before our planning meeting, we arrived the next day at the caterer’s office, but to our dismay she wasn’t in her office. We called her number, but could only reach her answering machine. After staying around for over 40 minutes and three calls, we decided to go back home. To this day, we still have not heard from this small businessperson.

After this frustrating experience, Karen decided to be our wedding caterer. However, when our neighbors heard about this, several of them contacted Karen and offered to help cook, decorate the house, to become a general maid and help serve food, drinks and then clean up after our special day.

With our many neighbors and friends coming forward with their help and support, our wedding celebration would not have been such a great success. And for this community coming together to help us out, we are extremely appreciative.

From the bottom of our hearts we say thank you to all of our neighbors and friends who stepped forward and showed that our community does care about its citizens!

Chuck Wright, Karen Brandon

Mill Creek