It happened. The first of our four children, our eldest son, got married last week. It was the first marriage of any of our children. If you think that your own wedding was lovely and magical, you can’t even imagine how incredibly magical the marriages of your own children will be! I’m still floating on a cloud. I am still thanking the Powers That Be, for the pure foundation of love our son has found and created with his beautiful bride. I am still thanking the Powers That Be that our whole family has been a witness to their beautiful love and the divine ceremony and celebration that cemented their wonderful union. We are so very blessed and I feel it tingling in every cell of my body.
“A bride is the most beautiful poem ever written…” – Oscar Wilde
“To get the full value of joy you must have somebody to divide it with.” – Mark Twain
“The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return.” – Nat King Cole
I have often told myself, in these most recent years in which our children have grown up into adulthood, that my job now is narrowed down to just love my family. Love them. Love them. Love them. I have already birthed them, fed them, guided them, taught them, scolded them, protected them, prayed for them (this will be ceaseless), sheltered them, prodded them, cheered them, advised them, comforted them, fought for them, and occasionally even apologized to them for my shortcomings, and now, our four amazing adult children are capable to do all of these things for themselves and for each other. I just need to narrow my motherly duties down to Love now. And this is the easiest thing for me to do. It comes naturally. Love them. Love them. Love them. I love my family ceaselessly and I am so grateful for the outward celebration of our love that was experienced, happily and beautifully, just a few short days ago.
“I think that enduring, committed love… is the most noble act anyone can aspire to.” – Nicholas Sparks
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
Big congratulations to your son and his wife, and to you and your husband. I wish you all the very best and, if there must be problems…may they be easily fixed with love.
Thank you, Gail. I heard it more than once from people at the joyous occasion, “Love is really all there is.” <3
And, “Love is all that’s left,” I realized with a shockwave throughout my whole body when I sat with my mother as she lay dying.
It’s no wonder films and books often start with big-emotion events like weddings and deaths and births. They produce some intense feelings.