in absentia

We awoke early this morning and attended the wedding (via skype) of our second son, Elijah to Deborah Lamb. (I guess if she takes his name, we will have two Debbie Osborns kicking around Anchorage soon).
The video stream was grainy but the occasion was joyous and a very positive step for him and his wife and their beautiful daughter, Lyla.  I have learned, slowly, to be grateful and appreciative of steps of whatever size, if they are in the right direction--they are so much better than the other kind.
We are old enough to still be amazed by technological "miracles" such as this.