Walking away is not an option... dialogue must prevail.

"A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with."
- Kenneth A. Wells

"I do not want the peace that passeth understanding. I want the understanding which bringeth peace."
- Helen Keller

Saturday, September 5, 2009

a wish for friends...



A marriage...

What is a marriage?

I'm not talking about a wedding, no. I mean everything that comes after the confetti have been scattered, the last dance has been danced, after the last guest leaves with a piece of wedding CAKE to put under their pillow (strange custom this, but hey... it's about sweet dreams, I guess).




A marriage, is about the lives that begin... no, not begin... It's about the new course that is set for two souls, when two lives are joined.
The voyage that is undertaken from that moment where a promise is spoken, a band exchanged, will hopefully be a long one. A voyage filled with many ports of call and adventures, starry nights, soft gentle waves, and hopefully, very few storms with no one falling overboard.



For Vince and Nancy...

May the friendship you share be strong
and may your love for each other stay true.
And may you not only make each other happy,
but may you be each other's comfort
at the end of a long day.


Lighthouse
by Ernie Halter




15 comments:

Gary's third pottery blog said...

Oh!!!!

Cinnamon Girl said...

Lovely post, Anndi =)

Ron said...

OMG...I was so HAPPY to see that you had posted today, Twin!

And what a BEAUTIFUL post this is!

You truly captured a marriage.

Wishing you all the best, Vince and Nancy!

X

Akelamalu said...

Lovely post Anndi x

Michael Horvath said...

I always enjoy reading such as what you wrote here today.

Charles Gramlich said...

A nice tribute to marriage!

Travis Cody said...

Nicely done.

Desert Songbird said...

Ahhhhhh....

Anndi said...

Thanks all.


I'm a sucker for weddings :)

nitebyrd said...

Very lovely post!

Cooper said...

Wonderful tribute....

Katman said...

Anndi, lovely to get back in contact again. That was a lovely post. Guess whay? I'm off again in a few months for another adventure to sandy places.

Barbara said...

Salut Anndi,

Very beautiful; wishing these two lovely people tons of happiness together.
We all deserve to have someone to love.
Sorry that we missed each other in Montreal. We were "this close"... I could almost touch you.

Take care and keep in touch
XXX

Vinny "Bond" Marini said...

Thank you dear friend for a wonderful post...

We missed having you there to celebrate with us...but knew you were there in spirit.

OBLadyBug said...

What a lovely post Ann. Thank you so much.