Yesterday was a day for the family. Yasmine and I got all the wedding cards yesterday (with most of the names written on in Arabic), so the long process of giving everyone their cards. We should have all of the cards sent out to everyone outside Lebanon by Monday morning, but over here in Lebanon we need to be giving the cards to everyone.

The nice thing is that we are just seeing everyone in the family which is nice. Yesterday we went to most of my mum’s sisters and brothers (there are a couple we’ve missed out on) and hopefully during the week we should be seeing the Abou Alfa’s.

The nice thing has been seeing everyone’s reaction to the cards, which are slightly different to what is typically passed around. The best interpretation was by my aunt Sahar who actually made a fantastic observation for the design on the envelope.

The way she explained the design was that the roots signified the two families, while the trees at the top signify the family that we are about to build together, which I thought was a really nice interpretation of the art.