Working on our revamped wedding album brought home to me just how relentless the circle of life is.
You know that I enjoy a list, collecting numbers and family history – here’s what I realised:
Deaths |
- Fourteen guests have died since our wedding day
- Included in this list are my mum and my parents-in-law
- The first death occurred less than two weeks after our wedding
- The last death occurred during the UK’s first Lockdown
- The oldest was 93, the youngest was 56
Marriages |
- There have been eleven more weddings amongst our family and friends since our wedding day
- We were invited to seven of them
- One couple eloped 🙂
Divorces/Separations |
- Six couples have divorced or separated since our wedding day
- Five couples have each remarried or have a new partner
- Two guests have divorced, remarried and divorced again
Births |
- Fourteen babies have been born since our wedding
- The first baby arrived two months after our wedding
- The last baby arrived in April 2018
Estrangement |
- The Brainy One and I are currently estranged from three people who were at our wedding
Where Are They Now? |
- One family member moved to Arizona, USA on marriage
- One friend emigrated to Australia
The circle of life, in its many forms, really does keep on turning.
This West London Life 
My goodness, that’s quite a tally … and contains within it a full range of human feelings and emotions too, I would think. Will you add as page at the pack to encompass this information. a bit like your Month In Numbers? Lovely photo of you …
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I hadn’t thought to add the numbers in at the end, but it is a good idea.
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When you write it all down, that is a significant amount of changes (I’m still surprised by the ones who divorced, remarried then divorced again) Interesting that 14 people left this world and 14 babies were born, that really is the circle of life isn’t it? This album has been such a lovely project, you must be very proud of it.
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The equal numbers of births and deaths really does epitomise the circle of life.
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Interesting post about your wedding. I agree with Alexa, an end page with these facts is a necessary marker. It makes me stop to take a numbers count from our wedding.
Oh & now I’ve got that song as an ear worm … “Through despair and hope, Through faith and love, ‘Til we find our place, On the path unwinding …in the circle of life” 🙂
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I’m sorry about the ear worm …
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