July 23, 2009. Chevy Chase, Md. Weddings.

Tomorrow we fly to Toronto, the city of my birth, to celebrate the wedding of David Wu. Heather, the bride, is a graduate student at Massey College. We met her last summer at our celebration in Nova Scotia. David was the energetic young man dancing up a storm with the little girls, who loved the fact that he was happy to dance with five or six of them at the same time. David is the last of the picnic group kids to marry, so we are going to be there en mass, to celebrate their wedding. Several aspects of this wedding are lovely. The wedding is being held in Massey College, the same place where Alan and Gill married years ago. Alan was a fellow of Massey College back them, as is Heather now. Robertson Davies officiated at the wedding of Alan and Gill, in his position as the Master Emeritus. If you have not read anything written by Robertson Davies now would be the time to begin.

Then Friday evening, the rehearsal dinner is being held at a Chinese restaurant, a tip of the hat to Alan's heritage. Alan was born and raised in Taiwan, educated too up to his Medical Degree, but then completed his PhD. in Canada. We met Alan and Gill in Bethesda, when he was a working at NIH as a research scientist . Then the family moved back to Toronto where Alan was a full Professor and research scientist at the University of Toronto, until his death in 1981 from a brain tumor. Gill raised the boys on her own, so we are going to gather together and cheer for David and Heather's future together. As David Wu was named after my son David, Ken and I feel part of the responsibility of friendship and joy. Now we will enjoy downtown Toronto, where we will be able to walk to all the events. But I bet we will realize why we moved from Toronto in 1964!!