Chris high-fiving the priest

From The Extended Group

On a sunny June day in 2005, Andy Dustan and (then) Tiffany Passi scheduled their wedding rehersal at a local Shoreline church. In attendence were, the Man and Wife to be, Annie Boone (maid of honor), Chris Goiney (best man), and the church's pastor. As they ran through the basic motions of the wedding, Chris became increasingly nervous, waiting anxiously for each new set of vital instructions. At the end of the rehersal, the pastor looked down upon the nervous-wreck that was Chris Goiney and said, "Son, you will be entrusted with the ring on the day of the wedding. You have to promise; do not lose the ring." As he said this, he held up his right hand as if asking a witness to testify truthfully. Chris reacted on instinct: to the shock of all present, he automatically rose his own hand and firmly slapped the pastors' erect palm. After a few moments of akward silence, it dawned on Chris what had just came to pass. The pastor, however, seemed to find the whole situation highly amusing, chortling to himself as he turned to Tiffany and Andy to discuss further plans. Bewildered by the whole incident, a wide-eyed Christopher took a moment to collect himself and got a drink from a nearby water fountain. He then played with his carabiner key-chain in a corner until it was time to go. That night he shared a meal of pizza with the pastor whose eyes twinkled with unspoken delight. Whether the twinkle was due to the marriage to come, the high-five that had come to pass, or a combination of both... we may never know....