Sunday, February 22, 2009

TEARS OF JOY AND SADNESS

While there was a huge furore in Malaysia over the intrusion of personal space, a few thousand miles away, a different spectacle was taking place - an exhibition of personal space!

A culmination of the story of an individual who offers her personal space for public display for a price !


Laughter and tears as Jade weds

Jade Goody has married Jack Tweed in a "beautiful, moving" ceremony, her publicist Max Clifford said. Skip related content

The ex-Big Brother contestant, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, managed to stand up for most of the service at at the Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Hertfordshire, at midday.

She and Tweed, 21, will spend what may be their only night together as man and wife at the hotel.
Mr Clifford said the bride kept her husband-to-be waiting for 45 minutes before tying the knot and managed to stand for all but the last five minutes of the service, which was conducted by bishop Jonathan Blake.
There was a last-minute scare on Saturday night when Jade felt unwell after "overdoing it" as she oversaw the final arrangements for the wedding.
Mr Clifford said: "It was a beautiful service which lasted about 45 minutes. It was lovely. The chapel was absolutely beautiful. I imagine there must have been close to 200 people there."
He said Jade had sat with her two sons on her lap towards the end of the ceremony.
The couple received a standing ovation from guests after exchanging vows, he added.
"It was just a very, very heart-rending, happy ceremony with lots of tears, lots of smiles and lots of laughter.
Ministry of Justice officials relaxed the terms of Tweed's curfew so he can spend his wedding night with his new bride.
But it may be their only night together as he must stay at his parents' house to satisfy probation requirements.
He was released from prison in January on licence after being given an 18-month jail term for attacking a teenage boy with a golf club.
Goody struck a deal with a magazine which will have exclusive access to the wedding pictures. Her wedding preparations have also been filmed by a TV crew in a combined deal reportedly worth almost £1 million.
She has said she wants to secure the future of her sons Bobby, five, and Freddy, four, after her death.
Goody, originally from Bermondsey, southeast London, was first diagnosed with cervical cancer in August. Last week she learned the cancer had spread to her bowel, liver and groin.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Dear Ocho-Onda,

By now, you would have known that I am a sentimental old lady who cries at every church wedding that I have attended in my life, including my own.

This post reminds me of C.S. Lewis and the love of his life...Have you read Shadowlands or watched the movie starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson? Heart wrenching!

Thanks for this short but moving post. Have a lovely week ahead!

cheers

ocho-onda said...

Dear Paula,

You are at the prime of your life. Your glass is still half full. But don't you wish that you are some twenty years younger but without losing that same amount of life's experiences !?! I know the feeling. :-)