Two in One Day!

I don't post for days/weeks and then I post two in one night! It must be because David is away. I always post more when David's away...

...anyway, I wasn't going to post again but Dushka commented on my last post about gift registries...now there's a topic that I could write an essay on.

David has strong feelings about wedding gift registries. He hates them. He thinks that we have what we need and it's very materialistic. I agree to a certain extent, but if people want to buy something why not get something you want/need. I agree we don't need loads - it's not like we don't have our own place and it's like yester year when you needed to set up home and the gifts helped the newlyweds in their new house.

David believes that we should ask people to give to charity.

Therefore, we've decided to do both. We'll have a small registry of things that we need/want and then the rest we'll ask for charity donations to two charities that are dear to our hearts. Mine will be breast cancer...

I had a very dear work colleague that suffered from breast cancer about 6 years ago. We worked in the marketing department - just 10 people - and we bonded. She was late 30's, early 40's; had two children aged 17 and 12 years old.

Unfortunately after a long and courageous battle she died. That really affected me. I was a mess at her funeral. Her daughters were more composed than I was - they were amazing. 6 years on, I still cannot bare to delete her details from my palm pilot address book. I don't want to ever forget her. I sometimes wish that I could get in touch with her daughters to let them know how much I still think about her.

My grandma had breast cancer. My friend Tanya's sister-in-law is currently fighting breast cancer. At work the other day I worked with a photographer who confided in me that she too was in remission.

So while a Williams-Sonoma or Pottery Barn gift is welcome, a donation to one of our favorite charities will mean so much more...

Comments

[E.]

Emma - that is a really great idea.

[Ian]

I like wedding lists. They allow me to evaluate the taste of the recipients, before buying something that isn't on the list. Anyway, it's too late now. I've reserved the red scorpion he asked for from the hatchery. I assume he consulted with you on this?

[Dushka]

Cool! (Actually, when Luca and I got married, we asked people to donate to charity too.)