Both Harry and I seem to be experiencing writing -- blocks? Hindrances?
At least I am.
Still, I want to post this:
Whenever I wake up in the night,
And see Harry sleeping next to me
I think:
"How lucky am I?"
and
then I kiss his shoulder (or cheek, or whatever is accessible)
and I go back to sleep.
I am so grateful, and blessed, and happy.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
New Year, New Marriage
Sally and I were married last Sunday, January 2. We hadn't so much as picked the date as much as the date picked itself. We had to use our PA marriage license within 60 days and encountered challenges in finding a marriage celebrant/officiant or even a magistrate/justice-of-the-peace to marry us. The license was set to expire on January 9. Sally and I had been hoping to marry possibly before Christmas, once two of our children were home from college on winter break, however the only wedding officiant who'd agreed to marry us for a reasonable fee, and whom we both really liked, was not available to marry us until after the new year. Sunday 1/2 then was the first and best day to have our wedding---1/1/11 would have been cool, but maybe plagued by a few hangovers, and Sally and I also wanted our five adult children present.
Now that we are married, what do we do with the rest of our lives?
Well, for one we both agreed long before our wedding ceremony that we were married to one another, in that there was already a deep commitment, even though the commitment hadn't been legally sanctioned. Sally and I pray to be together for the rest of our lives and then some.
The wedding ceremony was a perfect coda to a very fine and joyous holiday season. I want to share a reading from the ceremony.
Happy New Year!
Wedding Prayer
May God bless you with Hope enough to keep sunshine in your love, and Fear enough to keep you holding hands in the dark; Unity enough to keep your roots entwined, and Separation enough to keep you reaching for each other;
Harmony enough to keep romance in your song; and
Discord enough to keep you tuning your love so it becomes sweet music to all who may hear it. Amen
Now that we are married, what do we do with the rest of our lives?
Well, for one we both agreed long before our wedding ceremony that we were married to one another, in that there was already a deep commitment, even though the commitment hadn't been legally sanctioned. Sally and I pray to be together for the rest of our lives and then some.
The wedding ceremony was a perfect coda to a very fine and joyous holiday season. I want to share a reading from the ceremony.
Happy New Year!
Wedding Prayer
May God bless you with Hope enough to keep sunshine in your love, and Fear enough to keep you holding hands in the dark; Unity enough to keep your roots entwined, and Separation enough to keep you reaching for each other;
Harmony enough to keep romance in your song; and
Discord enough to keep you tuning your love so it becomes sweet music to all who may hear it. Amen
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