April Fool's Day

It's April Fool's Day, but today I don't feel like playing any pranks on people. Getting too old for such tricks. Today, I'm just going to tell you a story that I just remembered.

Believe it or not, I attended a Catholic church wedding for the first time when I was a student at San Jose State University, at least one and a half decade ago. It was my Venezuelan housemate Lisa's best friend's wedding. Lisa was one of the bridesmaids, although she is not Catholic.

wedding


After the wedding ceremony, I asked Lisa, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"

She said: "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life."

I thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"

Out of nowhere, the groom's divorced elder brother happened to eavesdrop on us and answered my curious question, "Because, my dear, love is blind, marriage is the eye opener..."

At that time, I thought that was a hilarious joke, and the groom's brother was really cute saying that. At this moment, however, I thought, darn, I should have taken his advice seriously back then! He probably meant it and knew what he was talking about.

I just received a registered mail from Majlis Ugama Islam Sabah (MUIS) to attend court in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. The Hubby and I are finally getting a divorce in July, I guess. I'm not sure if I'm happy or unhappy at the moment. But whatever I'm feeling, I thinking, what irony it was to receive such a letter on an April Fool's Day. Is God playing a trick on me?