Ask Amy: Wedding livestock might bring guests together
Dear Amy: My extended family has a history of division, of people not speaking to one another for years.
I am guilty of this, too. It’s a multi-generational pattern I’d like to end for the next generation.
We are joyfully planning our daughter’s upcoming wedding.
Unfortunately, there is one burr in the saddle.
One of my sisters has decided not to speak to me or our other sister.
We love her husband. Her daughter is a bridesmaid.
I have just learned from a mutual friend that our “silent sister” is coming to the wedding. I believe that’s a very good thing.
I don’t want my silent sister to feel awkward, lurking about the fringes like a coyote in the brush.
My thought is to invite ALL family members in a group email, including this sister, to volunteer for enjoyable tasks on the wedding day, such as decorating the donkey with flowers or feeding the longhorns so they show up for the photographer.
My only worry is that she’ll attempt to create further drama and will not rise to the occasion. It’s tricky.
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