Meredith and Adam: Snow Photos

My dear friends Meredith and Adam are getting married in August.

I am obviously very excited when any friends get married, and as we have discussed before, I LOVE being a wedding guest (I love any and all celebrations, especially when it is socially acceptable for me to eat lots of cake and photograph everything). But I am PARTICULARLY excited for Meredith and Adam to get married.

I met Mer and Adam around the same time... they were both working at the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations here in DC and I had just started working at Hillel as the Social Justice programming fellow (aka Tzedek Fellow). They organized an "interfaith happy hour" which included eating chocolate in the conference room of their office with folks doing similar work from several other faith-based policy offices in DC. It was then I decided we needed to be friends.

I found several excuses to collaborate with both Adam and Meredith on work related projects (including the Sexuality Education Advocacy Training) and know one of the reasons I loved my job at RCRC so much is because I had colleagues at partner organizations like this team of fabulouss activists.

In an effort to explain how truly amazing Mer and Adam really are, I think it is important that you familiarize yourself with these facts about them:

• They both REALLY love costumes. In the words of Elissa F., "How is it possible that two people who love costumes so much have found each other?" And it's true. Every fall there is lots of secrecy around what their costumes will be... and when the decision is finally made, the outfits are executed beautifully. Past costumes have included Obama super heroes, Olympians, roller derby girls, and Saturday Night Live characters.
• I thought they were engaged well before they actually were. So I developed a sometimes annoying habit of asking if they had gotten engaged whenever I saw them. This was fun and ridiculous, until the time I called them to see if they wanted to go to the movies and they casually told me they had just gotten engaged (Meredith had proposed to Adam who said yes by presenting a pair of engagement earrings he had purchased for her) I didn't believe them. Lots of high pitched yelling ensued.
  
• Meredith and Adam are always willing to do crazy things. For example, when I was toting around a 3 foot tall cardboard cutout of my best friend for several months while she was out of town, Mer volunteered to take the flat friend to a ski race she was participating in all the way in Wisconsin (aka The Birkie). Not only did she bring the flat friend to the race, she even photographed it with a racing number and everything. It is this enthusiasm about crazy projects that makes me love Meredith and Adam so much.
• Everything I know about Unitarian Universalism, I've learned from Adam and Mer. In fact, the three of us have attend four (right, four?) UU General Assemblies together. They always make me feel SO welcome, answer all my questions about the UU community, and participate in researching delicious local food destinations to visit when our workshops and tabling shifts are over. I am sad that I'll miss the banner parade this year.
  
• Adam is an excellent documentation. His videography skills make me want to take more videos. I am impressed with his devotion to documenting his life, using video and social media to effect change, and the speed at which he edits videos after taking them.
  
• Their appreciation for local food always impresses me. Although I've never been to Cincinnati, Adam has prepared me well for the Skyline Chili 5 Way experience. And Meredith is one of the people who first exposed me to the French Meadow Bakery.
  

I could write several blog posts about all the things I love about these two, but I think you would perhaps enjoy the photos I snapped of my hilarious duo of UU friends more. I will conclude with this:

Usually, when friends get engaged, I knew one of them first and befriended the other one shortly before or after the engagement. With Meredith and Adam, I befriended them independently and before they were dating. And I just cannot imagine a better person for the other to spend their life with. I can't wait to be there for all the fits of laughter, kale with feta and walnuts, and costumes... and look forward to hearing the crazy stories of adventures in Mount Pleasant, St. Paul, Ely, the Dominican Republic, Cincinnati, and beyond.