Later that day, Dad, Craig, and I head to the hotel where the wedding will be taking place tomorrow for a quick rehearsal and meetings with the event planner and the minister who’ll be performing the ceremony. The minister is a friend of Craig’s named Jillian who got ordained as a Universal Life Minister in order to perform the wedding. Jill and Craig have known each other since college. She’s a nurse with fiery red hair and a great sense of humor.
While Dad’s off speaking with the event planner and one of the hotel’s employees, Jill talks with me and Craig.
“I’m nervous about screwing up tomorrow,” she tells us.
“You’ll do fine,” Craig assures her.
“I’d better be downright excellent. I’m hoping to parlay this thing into a lucrative side gig,” she says. “Officiating gay weddings means
