at first I realized I was wearing nice shoes...not my usual type either, i believe they were purple high heels...where was i? i am in the kitchen of some large meeting place..i hear a ceremonial type of music, or is it some kind of chanting...i'm not sure. i see my grandmother and she is all dressed up in formal attire..i see my uncle bill and aunt jeri next and they look extremely busy, instructing many different people...oh, we are in their synagogue...they are my very religious jewish family, i know that the meal following this ceremony will most definitely be kosher..but who is inside the temple? i enter for a closer look...from where i stand i cannot see who is standing at the front of the room with the rabbi..and suddenly i know!! it is my cousin shana...and she is getting married to someone i have never seen before...what a shock!!..the groom is not her current boyfriend who is most certainly not jewish...it is as if this wedding has been forced upon my cousin, especially because i do not recognize the groom...but our family seems excited...oh well,

MAZEL TOV!!

**as a side, the next day i spoke to my grandmother ...she told me that my uncle had called to tell her that my other cousin robin's boyfriend had called to ask permission to marry her...what a coincidence i tell you all.... congratulations!**