Last night, during my brother’s wedding, I learned two brief things:

• Some things in life are a bit overrated. Like my brother’s wedding reception, which I always imagined would be an amazing night full of dancing with my cousins. Instead, it turns out my cousins are all getting old (I’m one of the few unmarried ones left!) and leaving wedding receptions early with their wives and kids. Hmph.
• Some things in life are worth the build-up. Like watching my mother dance with my brother during the mother-son dance, which she’s always talked about longing to do. It was beautiful, and I cried.

More on this later!