Monday, April 30, 2012

Will You Marry Me


"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world."   ---Brandi Snyder

Today I had a rather amusing experience regarding someone’s engagement.  A young woman I have known for a few years, but have not looked upon for about eighteen months visited me today.  This young woman is now twenty years of age.  She always has a smile and a positive attitude.  Those two traits go very far with me.

During our conversation, she suddenly flashed her left hand.  Almost bursting with excitement, she blurts out the following.  Do you see anything different about my hand?  I respond that is a rather nice ring.  Again, bursting with joy she explains it is her engagement ring.

During the next twenty minutes she would go on and on about her fiancé, their pending marriage and how excited she is about getting married.  When she finished explaining it all to me, she asks if I will come to the wedding.  I respond with absolutely!  I would love to come to your wedding and meet your husband.  I end the conversation by asking when they are getting married so I can mark my calendar.  It took all I had not to spit out my gum in laughter when I heard her response.

We are getting married in the summer of 2017!

That is a precious moment in life.  Her heart pure, her mind and thoughts sincere.

"She walks in Beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies,
And all that's best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies."   ---Lord Byron
 
"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."   ---Dr. Seuss or Robert Fulghum  (I have found several people being credited for this quote.)

2 comments:

  1. Dr. Seuss is the author of your last quote. We actually used that for Aly and Danny's wedding last fall. It's true, isn't it? We are all a little weird and we should consider ourselves lucky if we find someone whose weirdness matches our own.
    2017? Wow...that'll be some wedding!
    Always happy to read your posts, and its great to see you so happy. You deserve it!

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    1. Wendy,

      Thank you for the author on that quote. Thank you for the kind words. That is really neat that Aly and Danny used that at their wedding. We are all just a little weird. =)

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