My best friend is one of the most magical people I know. When we’re together, magical things start to come about in mysterious ways. This year she got married and she had a two-part wedding, one in Canada and the other in the South of France. What an irresistible invitation. Prince goes wherever I go, so I hopped on a plane to meet her. At the airport, I waited at my gate to board the plane and heard an announcement. They were looking for someone with the last name Prince! Seriously?!

On the early evening of the wedding, a storm began to develop, as we were about to go to the venus. My friend was overjoyed as she heard the thunder. What you’ve got to understand is that she loves storms. She takes it as good omen for special occasions. There was a storm on the night of her bachelorette party and on the morning of her Canadian wedding too. So it is no coincidence that there was a storm here too.

We got to the wedding venue. The storm held out as we gathered in the courtyard for cocktails and conversation. I couldn’t help but observe the gorgeous cloud formations, the way the sunset was peeking through the clouds. And suddenly there appeared a rainbow in the midst of the storm clouds. There was also a rainbow in the evening of her Canadian wedding, believe i or not!

Later that evening, we went into the dining hall to take our seats for the dinner. During dinner, my friend is doing her wedding speech in French, and suddenly she yells out, “Look! There’s a bat!” The sliding doors were open and a bat had flown in. At this moment, I seriously thought I was living in a movie. Because the night before, my friend said she saw a bat at the hotel and I told her about the bat scene in Prince’s movie, Under The Cherry Moon. I love that scene. Prince is very playful when it comes to making his presence known to me. I will forever laugh about this little joke of his.

After the dinner was said and done, the couple had their first dance. I was busy talking to a new friend I made there, telling him about Prince. Suddenly, the song Purple Rain came on. I said to this guy exactly what was happening. My friend came over saying, “This is a Prince song?” I said, “Yes, you know what, I asked for this. I asked Prince to send me a sign”. The night before, I had asked for what I thought could be a hard sign to deliver. I wanted a challenge to prove something to me. I wanted this sign to confirm that everything I believed about what I knew about Prince and I was true. Sometimes it’s difficult to believe that what I am going through is really happening. I life feels like a rom com version of the movie, Ghost. So I asked for a Prince song to be played at my friend’s wedding. I felt the chances of it being played was not that likely, as the couple are not Prince fans as they grew up in the 90’s, plus they had their own music playlist going. I think Prince must have whispered in my friend’s husband’s ear, as he requested this song to be played.

The night ended at around 4 am, after cleaning up the venue, and waiting in the dark underneath the stars. We were in the country side, so the stars are perfectly visible. And m friend’s father-in-law showed me the Pleiades and its surrounding constellations. What a perfect way to end the evening. It was one of the most memorable times I’ve ever had.

B379A5EA-8B80-4C12-96F7-86C42E4DBECE-1-2048x1536-oriented“Wedding Bouquet” by Prince in spirit. On a side note, I did catch the wedding bouquet at my friend’s wedding.

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