Abundant Blesings For The Newlyweds
How are all my lovely readers today? I just came back from a great weekend with friends I haven't seen in a very long time. We had a great weekend eating, drinking, talking, laughing and in general having a blast.
I loved catching up with some dear friends and I loved even more hearing about what they have been up to lately. We talked a lot about marriage, babies and jobs. I realized somewhere during the weekend that I really missed the hubs, as he is my constant travel companion, but that girl time is so very important for many reasons.
I came back to work today to find an article my mother had sent on marriage that I wanted to share with you. It touched me so much and it is so true! Today is my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's 1st anniversary so I dedicate this post and article to them. I wish you guys all the love and luck in the world!
Happy Monday!
xoxo
Leonard Pitts: Abundant blessings for the newlyweds
"When the bells ring and tell the world I'm taking your hand / Folks from all over will come and see the wedding we've planned." --The Intruders
There is something about a wedding. There is the finery, and the formality, of course, the dress with the long train, the tux with the bowtie that pinches, the speaking your heart and making your promises as everyone you ever knew stands witness.
There is, as well, the sense of ritual, the timelessness of ceremony that traverses and unites generations. Sean and May (he is the son of friends) got married in aDavie , Fla. Hollywood , Calif.
On Friday, it will be William and Kate's turn.
Much of the world will be watching, drawn by the promise of finery, formality and ritual on a royal scale. But see, there is something else about a wedding, something that speaks to deeper yearnings. In some sense, a wedding is an act of faith.
Lord knows we could use a few of those just now.
For an increasing number of us, it is conventional wisdom that we are in a time of decline, erosion eating at us like tooth decay. There is a sense that we have burned down our tomorrows and left ourselves only yesterdays to look forward to. There is a fear that we must henceforth make peace with lowered skies and diminished expectations.
This is quantified in a 2010Gallup
Small wonder. To get married is to make a bet on always and forever. To stay married is a function of will and work, even more than of love. The capacity and willingness to make that bet, to put in that work, to bear down with that will, are slowly disappearing from American life. Fifty years ago, close to 70 percent of all American adults were married. Now it's about 54.Britain Hollywood marriages that pop like soap bubbles.
A wedding, then, is not just an act of faith, but also one of defiance.
Particularly for someone like William who is, after all, the child of a marriage that began as a fairytale and ended as a horror story. Royal obligations aside, one could hardly blame him if he chose to bag the whole idea.
Instead, he will stand in the storied old church, promise himself to someone else and hear the same from her, like a million couples a million times before. There is something in it to gladden the cynical eye and hearten the pessimistic heart. So consider this a toast to the happy couple -- and to acts of defiance and faith. Fifty years from now, may it be said that they achieved something that has eluded so many of us for so long we find it hard to believe in it anymore.
May it be said they left that place as husband and wife.
And they lived happily ever after.
I loved catching up with some dear friends and I loved even more hearing about what they have been up to lately. We talked a lot about marriage, babies and jobs. I realized somewhere during the weekend that I really missed the hubs, as he is my constant travel companion, but that girl time is so very important for many reasons.
I came back to work today to find an article my mother had sent on marriage that I wanted to share with you. It touched me so much and it is so true! Today is my brother-in-law and sister-in-law's 1st anniversary so I dedicate this post and article to them. I wish you guys all the love and luck in the world!
Happy Monday!
xoxo
Leonard Pitts: Abundant blessings for the newlyweds
Created 04/27/2011 - 12:01am
Summary:
"When the bells ring and tell the world I'm taking your hand / Folks from all over will come and see the wedding we've planned." --The Intruders
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There is something about a wedding. There is the finery, and the formality, of course, the dress with the long train, the tux with the bowtie that pinches, the speaking your heart and making your promises as everyone you ever knew stands witness.
There is, as well, the sense of ritual, the timelessness of ceremony that traverses and unites generations. Sean and May (he is the son of friends) got married in a
On Friday, it will be William and Kate's turn.
Much of the world will be watching, drawn by the promise of finery, formality and ritual on a royal scale. But see, there is something else about a wedding, something that speaks to deeper yearnings. In some sense, a wedding is an act of faith.
Lord knows we could use a few of those just now.
For an increasing number of us, it is conventional wisdom that we are in a time of decline, erosion eating at us like tooth decay. There is a sense that we have burned down our tomorrows and left ourselves only yesterdays to look forward to. There is a fear that we must henceforth make peace with lowered skies and diminished expectations.
This is quantified in a 2010
Small wonder. To get married is to make a bet on always and forever. To stay married is a function of will and work, even more than of love. The capacity and willingness to make that bet, to put in that work, to bear down with that will, are slowly disappearing from American life. Fifty years ago, close to 70 percent of all American adults were married. Now it's about 54.
A wedding, then, is not just an act of faith, but also one of defiance.
Particularly for someone like William who is, after all, the child of a marriage that began as a fairytale and ended as a horror story. Royal obligations aside, one could hardly blame him if he chose to bag the whole idea.
Instead, he will stand in the storied old church, promise himself to someone else and hear the same from her, like a million couples a million times before. There is something in it to gladden the cynical eye and hearten the pessimistic heart. So consider this a toast to the happy couple -- and to acts of defiance and faith. Fifty years from now, may it be said that they achieved something that has eluded so many of us for so long we find it hard to believe in it anymore.
May it be said they left that place as husband and wife.
And they lived happily ever after.
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