A Mother's Blessing
Listener Submission: Most Meaningful Wedding Music Story

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My mother is of Hispanic background and, at the end of the ceremony, both my mother and my husband's mother were to bless us with a mother's blessing. We were kneeling, after the priest had blessed us, and we were facing the congregation of our family and friends. Our mothers placed a satin cord/sash over our shoulders to show that they, too, had blessed the wedding and joined us together.

The musician, who was a good friend of mine, then started singing the traditional mother's blessing song. The first verse was sung in English, and then, as a surprise, she sang it in Spanish (my mom did not know that Karen had learned it in Spanish to make it much more special for my mom). My mother and I started crying as we heard the lyrics in a more meaningful way—in words and emotions that cannot be properly translated into English. Our anniversary was June 1; we've been married 17 years.

Christina Bigelow
Welch, MN