Graduation Day 5/5
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May 5, 2005
John dragged into the Roadhouse, and Ellen immediately set a beer and a plate of food in front of him. He grunted his thanks and dug in.
When she could tell that he’d perked up enough to actually converse, she asked, “So, you headed to Beaumont next week?”
John frowned. “Beaumont? Why?”
“Graduation. Thought you’d heard.”
“No... no, I hadn’t.”
Ellen disappeared into the back room and came back with two fancy envelopes. “Sorry, just thought... well, maybe they sent yours to a drop you haven’t checked yet.”
John opened one to find an announcement that both Dean and Sam would be graduating from Lamar University, each with a BSEd. He was slightly surprised that they’d both made it all the way through, but still proud... and a little ashamed that they apparently hadn’t seen fit to inform him. There was also a note that the girls were graduating at the same time, Tricia with her MBA and Daphne with her MLS from Sam Houston State. John was proud of them, too, if a little baffled that they were still with the boys after all this time.
But his heart almost stopped when he read the second announcement:
Daniel and DeLaina Vaughn and Luis and Magdalena Cortez
announce the marriages of their daughters
Daphne Michelle
to
Dean Michael Winchester
and
Susanna Patricia
to
Samuel Francis Winchester
in a double ceremony
on June 21, 2005
at two o’clock in the afternoon
at First Baptist Church, Cazadore, Texas....
A double wedding at Midsummer.
“... dammit, boys....”
Notes
Untranslated Latin:
Tu, Rex gloriae Christe, tu patrem sempiternus es filius - You, Christ the King of Glory, You are the Son of the Eternal Father (from the Te Deum)
Untranslated sign:
Daphne blew through her fist and tapped it against her forehead-airhead
Songs used:
Ray Stevens - “Everything Is Beautiful”
Ocean - “Put Your Hand in the Hand”
Keith Green - “Soften Your Heart”
Michael Nesmith - “Texas Morning”
The Monkees - “I Don’t Think You Know Me”
Lee Ann Womack - “I Hope You Dance”
Newsboys - “Going Public”
Poem used:
Pearl (trans. J. R. R. Tolkien)
Pastor Jim quotes from the New American Bible.
May 5, 2005
John dragged into the Roadhouse, and Ellen immediately set a beer and a plate of food in front of him. He grunted his thanks and dug in.
When she could tell that he’d perked up enough to actually converse, she asked, “So, you headed to Beaumont next week?”
John frowned. “Beaumont? Why?”
“Graduation. Thought you’d heard.”
“No... no, I hadn’t.”
Ellen disappeared into the back room and came back with two fancy envelopes. “Sorry, just thought... well, maybe they sent yours to a drop you haven’t checked yet.”
John opened one to find an announcement that both Dean and Sam would be graduating from Lamar University, each with a BSEd. He was slightly surprised that they’d both made it all the way through, but still proud... and a little ashamed that they apparently hadn’t seen fit to inform him. There was also a note that the girls were graduating at the same time, Tricia with her MBA and Daphne with her MLS from Sam Houston State. John was proud of them, too, if a little baffled that they were still with the boys after all this time.
But his heart almost stopped when he read the second announcement:
Daniel and DeLaina Vaughn and Luis and Magdalena Cortez
announce the marriages of their daughters
Daphne Michelle
to
Dean Michael Winchester
and
Susanna Patricia
to
Samuel Francis Winchester
in a double ceremony
on June 21, 2005
at two o’clock in the afternoon
at First Baptist Church, Cazadore, Texas....
A double wedding at Midsummer.
“... dammit, boys....”
Notes
Untranslated Latin:
Tu, Rex gloriae Christe, tu patrem sempiternus es filius - You, Christ the King of Glory, You are the Son of the Eternal Father (from the Te Deum)
Untranslated sign:
Daphne blew through her fist and tapped it against her forehead-airhead
Songs used:
Ray Stevens - “Everything Is Beautiful”
Ocean - “Put Your Hand in the Hand”
Keith Green - “Soften Your Heart”
Michael Nesmith - “Texas Morning”
The Monkees - “I Don’t Think You Know Me”
Lee Ann Womack - “I Hope You Dance”
Newsboys - “Going Public”
Poem used:
Pearl (trans. J. R. R. Tolkien)
Pastor Jim quotes from the New American Bible.