#HereComeTheKellys
My friends and I have called ourselves The Cins for about ten years. It's crazy to think that the birth of our group is a decade old. It's equally crazy to think that our predictions for Cin marriage order are also, roughly, a decade old. So far we got some things right: Shea would be first. We got some things wrong: Rachelle was convinced she'd be last or close to it, but she and Raul were hitched last year.
The rest of us fall somewhere in the middle. I don't remember the specifics, but I do remember we always said Erin would meet The One and that would be it. No laundry list of serious boyfriends. No years of courtship. Certainly no lengthy engagement. She'd meet him and marry him. And that's exactly what happened. Erin met Tom a little over a year ago. It's been said on more than one occasion that all of Elm Grove set them up and it's sort of true. Both Erin and Tom are known and adored by a lot of people — and those people knew, if only they met, these two crazy kids would end up adoring each other, too.
As onlookers, we felt it all happened so fast — engaged after three months. Three months! It's hard to imagine in today's world. But as Erin's Uncle Tim (Cardinal Timothy Dolan) said during his homily (surely more eloquently): Erin and Tom are romantics. They're absolutely crazy about each other and just crazy enough to believe that when it's right, it's right. When you have love, grab it and hold on. Don't look back. Don't waste another minute. Just say "I do."
It's not a philosophy that would work for a lot of us. But I seriously admire them for leaping. It takes a lot of faith and, as Uncle Tim also reminded us, a lot of courage. I hope, in our own way, we can all be so brave in love. Cheers to Tom, Erin, and Elm Grove — you did it!
Coming up in 9-ish months: The accuracy of Cin baby predictions.
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