Joelle: On wedding mixes

In honor of mom and dad’s upcoming 25th Wedding Anniversary, I decided to write about something that keeps me close and connected to Daddy to this day – the soundtrack he created for his wedding day, a la cassette tape. Since mom and dad’s wedding was a small one (only 32 guests), instead of having the live music of a DJ at the reception, Daddy created the ORIGINAL MIX TAPE! Well, actually tapes. I don’t know how many volumes there were, but I have listened to “Our Wedding, Vol. III” about a million times. When I was younger, I used to listen to it while falling asleep. Now, I listen to it in Dad’s car and belt out every word. It is a really cool feeling to drive down the highway behind the wheel of the Passat, listening to the very songs that he handpicked 25 years ago to profess his love to Mom on their wedding day. It’s definitely cheesy, but that’s Daddy for you. I wrote down all of the songs after listening to the tape form beginning to end so that I could give them to you. There are some live versions or incredibly rare versions that I cannot find to save my life, so this is the best that I could do. They are in order (somewhat).