39 years ago, in my grandparents backyard, my Mom and my Step-Father were married.
It was a lovely afternoon......
a small gathering of family and food......
in front of an enormous Koi pond and waterfall my grandfather built for my grandmother years before...
A year ago today, we did not have alot of confidence that my parents would celebrate this day together.
But by the love and grace of God, she is here today, still loving my Father on their anniversary.
Marriage is a gift.....
There are moments between a husband and wife that are so deeply profound, that when you recall them, they make your heart skip a beat.......Those moments are like yarn, knitting and weaving a couple's hearts together, into one.....
Marriage, at times, also reminds me of math......no matter how hard I work at it, there are problems that look like Chinese to me.....I will never completely understand math....
No one knows what makes some marriages successful and others rip apart at the seams....
But for me, remembering that it's not just the relationship between my husband and I that bind us...
It's the relationship that each one of us continues to draw near to, to seek, to call upon, to put first, to embrace and to guide us....
I praise God today for this gift of another celebrated anniversary for my parents....
There is no greater gift they could receive today but these moments, in this life, together....
Thanks be to God.....
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