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Details
It’s all in the details. Any event, any project, any arrangement. It is all in the details.
Details have not always been my strong suit. Don’t get me wrong, I actually love all the little details, but I have a tendency to get distracted before it gets completely done. It’s days like that I like to blame the fact that I was born on a cusp – half Sagittarius (a fire sign) and half Scorpio (a water sign). Sure, the combination makes steam, which can be incredibly powerful, but only if you can keep it harnessed long enough.
While we’ve made a decision that the wedding is going to be as low-stress as possible, there are lots of little details that we’re having fun putting together. Pete’s hair, the corset I’m going to be wearing, the color of the tablecloths, the multiple sorbets I’m making for the rehearsal dinner. Luckily, the details are all proving fun to figure out instead of stressful.
The other facet of the wedding — all of the details of Wedding Cans — are proving all kinds of fun. Honestly, mostly fun. All of the media interviews, the scheduling, the pictures that need to be sent to twelve different places. Emails to return, requests to respond to, and stories to tell. Honestly, I love it. It’s a lot of details, but every detail is slightly different. I can’t get bored with it nearly as easily because so much of it is unique.
The Wedding Cans project has gone so far above and beyond everything that we ever expected. We thought, when we started the project, it might receive some local or regional news attention. Instead, the story absolutely took off. We’ve been covered by the Associated Press and NPR’s Morning Edition twice. ABC and NBC channels have both run our stories. We’ve been covered in every U.S. state, every Canadian province, and several international news sources. Near as we can figure, we’ve also been covered in South Africa, Ireland, England, Italy, Germany, Mexico, Columbia, and several other countries. In other words, it’s been insane. And insanely fun. And insanely wonderful.
The details are also the wonderful glue that brings together family. I have always been blessed with a close-knit family, but I truly feel like the details are what makes my friend-family in Spokane as close and loved as any of my blood family.
In short, the details can be frustrating. But the details are also a part of what makes life wonderful and worth living. It’s all in the details. And I wouldn’t have it any other way.