Tiesha and Richard's Big Day

Tiesha Feimster was one of the finest students Kitch and I had the privilege of teaching.

She was interesting, curious, industrious, well mannered, pleasant and a person of great dignity and class.

She came to college to become an anchor and she left college a talented producer. Over the years we have stayed in touch, and it has been our great joy to watch her bloom and grow professionally. When we were asked to produce her wedding video we accepted without hesitation. It was a very special moment for us.

We were taken with her husband to be, Richard, and his family. Everyone made us feel right at home.

At the rehearsal we met all of the members of her family and we were honored to be invited to the dinner that followed. It was a magnificent affair, and it spoke to the essence of Tiesha and Richard's families. It was a joyful occasion.

The day of the ceremony was one of the hottest days of the summer, but the heat did not lessen the enthusiasm of the large congregation that assembled for the wedding. Everything went as planned, and it was simply beautiful.

As Kitch and I did our very best to record the events of the day, I thought about our best moment with Tiesha. It was the day Kitch arranged for her to meet Maya Angelou. Tiesha admired and respected this woman of golden words, and that evening was one of her best college experiences.

So it is by no accident that we end this description of the woman who gave us an opportunity to record her great day with excerpts from the poet she admires:

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without Courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

Tiesha is one of our she-roes. Her marriage to Richard was an event we will always remember. In so many ways it was a poetic moment, and a statement about everything that should and could be.

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