I'm going to skip a few events & go right to last weekend's celebration. I flew out to Baltimore for my friend Michele's wedding. It was a quick trip, but so worth it. Last fall, three weeks after getting engaged, Michele was diagnosed with leukemia. And, a nasty variation at that. 20% odds of survival. 37 years old. News that no one wants to hear. Happily, earlier this year, she had a bone marrow transplant. As Michele says, she has always been an overachiever & passed her six month check-up with flying colors. To say the wedding was a true celebration was an understatement.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0WPG1r098OD3fC3qqP3XdhrkG00Nryawa7I4uviuklL753LPNlaysn4dgQw1e6z8i1rdUKTF2_ZTgGthnuIpxPvn3mxT412Dlb4coASKC7FxPTUBIDQuiT1W1a6LGd569hTtH/s400/wr10.jpg)
Michele is a pop culture master. All things Hollywood can be found in her brain. I am still waiting for the day that she (& Ted & Carey) quit practicing law & start writing screenplays. It was so fitting that the "theme" of the wedding fit with the movies. The program was full of movie quotes about love, Oscar made an appearance & we all sat at tables of celebrity couples (I was with Howard Stern & Beth Ostrowsky - head table got to break bread with Brad & Angie).
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Michele is a pop culture master. All things Hollywood can be found in her brain. I am still waiting for the day that she (& Ted & Carey) quit practicing law & start writing screenplays. It was so fitting that the "theme" of the wedding fit with the movies. The program was full of movie quotes about love, Oscar made an appearance & we all sat at tables of celebrity couples (I was with Howard Stern & Beth Ostrowsky - head table got to break bread with Brad & Angie).
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The decorations, food & flowers were stunning.
Her father offered three toasts:
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Michele's medical team from Johns Hopkins.
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It was an extremely moving toast (my favorite pic, though it is a technically terrible photo). Michele kept such an amazingly positive attitude through the last year. When she broke out in a horrible, painful rash & teams of doctors & students kept passing through her room, she said she was taking notes to turn her experience into an episode of House.
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We took a lot of road trips in law school. Michele was always in charge of the music. I had about 10 FABULOUS mix tapes (remember those) that she made with 80's music. I was very sad when Nick finally made me throw them out. Something about us not having any tape players anymore. I wish I had a video camera to capture the night, the music, the amazing band (first dance - Jason Mraz, I'm Yours - I think Wade Robson was in on the choreography, very impressive footwork!)
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