"The Lady of the Lake"

The family story is that My Grandfather (Roy Messer Pearson) met his second wife Barbara when they used to frequently walk in opposite directions around the same lake in New London, NH.
Then one day they decided to walk in the same direction.
In time, Barbara became Roy's wife and then was introduced to the rest of the family as, "The Lady of the Lake".
They were married by Rev. Emily Preston in Jaffrey, NH. Years later I called Rev. Preston when it was time for my own wedding and was delighted when she accepted our invitation to officiate.
Michael and I were married in the chapel at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton, MA where Roy had married his first wife, Ruth so many decades before.
What comes around goes around...
: )
PS
The last picture is myself, my sister Sarah Pearson and her sister Joy Ruma at the reception following Roy and Barbara's wedding.
If that seems confusing,
another fun story was the day that Sarah was born, myself and her other sister Holly Ruma went to go see the new little bundle of love in the hospital and were scrutinized rather closely for not having the same last names as Sarah's Mother or each other. I remember a rather stern nurse informing us that
"Only immediate family is allowed."
I can't recall what we said to get in to see but we did, and I suspect it may have had more to do with a look one of us might have given the nurse than anything we said.
The Pearson/McNeil/Ruma clan may all come from different parents but then, in the end, family is what you make it.
I have to say I really do like the way ours turned out...
: )