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1、Unit2TextAAWeddingGiftElizabethEconomiesIhadalwaysdreamedofbeingproposedtoinaParisiancafe,underdazzlingstars,liketheoneinaVanGoghknockoffthathangsinmystudioapartment.Instead,myboyfriendaskedmetomarryhimwhileIwaswanderingthebathroommirror.At40yearsold,itwasmyturn.1had
2、gracefullysteppedasideandwatchedbothmytwinsisterandourbabysistertakethematrimonialplungebeforeme?1hadbeenabridesmaidseventimesandamaidofhonorthreetimes.1hadmorepastel-colored,taffetadressesthanaconsignmentshop.Myfiancé,George,andIareGreek-American,butwewantedasimple,
3、elegantaffair.Noentourageofbridesmaidsandgroomsmen.Nosillyslideshowrevealingdetailsofourcourtship.Thiswouldbeanintimategathering,neitherbignorfat,with100orsoguests.Inourfamiliesthatisintimate.Myjobasapublicisttoamonomaniacalorchestraconductorhadjustvanished,so1hadlot
4、softimetodevotetomynewproject.George,whoworked60hoursaweekasapharmacist,nowhadasecondjob:listeningtomewhineaboutthewedding.Afterall,thiswasmyshow,and1wasthedirector.Butthemoretimeandeffort1putin,themoretheuniversetriedtothwartme.TheGreekbandfromLosAngelesthat1wantedw
5、asn'tavailable.Thestitching1hadrequestedformycathedralveilwasallwrong.MyivorysilkgownwasbeingquarantinedsomewhereinSingapore.Andwithourweddingjustafewweeksaway,1wasannoyedthatmostofmyguestswererespondingafterthedeadline.Then1receivedthecallfrommymother,petiteandbrimm
6、ingwithenergyat68,whoafewdaysbeforehadbeensothrilledaboutthewedding.She’dbeentothedoctorforherannualcheckup.Althoughshefeltfine,thediagnosiswasstomachcancer.Overthenextfewdays,thequestionbecamenot"Whatkindofwedding?"but"Wedding?"IhadthoughtofitasmyBigDay.Irealizedtha
7、taBigDaywithoutmymotherwouldbenodayatall.Nothavingmydad,whopassedawaythreeyearsbefore,towalkmedowntheaislewaspainful,butthethoughtofnothavingMomtherewasunbearable.Withinafewdays,1movedbackhometoSeattlefromNewYorkCityandpostponedtheceremony.1switchedfromnavigatingwedd
8、ingplanstonavigatingthehealth-caresystem.Ihadpickedoutthesongtobeplayedforourfirstdanceasahusbandandwife,butnow1washard-pressedtore
