This is the post I originally wrote on Sunday and then after it was posted, I got cold feet and changed it. However, I do know that some of you read the original before it was deleted and don’t appear to have been offended by it. So I thought I would re-post it. The changed bit comes after the wedding quotes. It might be a little different to the original but you get the idea.
“I asked him what kind of a wedding he wished for,
He said one that would make me his wife.”
~Author Unknown
For several years I acted as the Wedding Coordinator at an historic church here in Wellington. New Zealand is a very young country, so historic in this instance is only some 140 years. However, I enjoyed my time there and loved being involved with so many brides and grooms. Each year we had around 90 weddings, so there were plenty of people for me to interact with.
For whatever reason, today I found myself looking through some of the poems that had been read at the ceremonies. Of course, there were those that were used again and again, eg from Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
“….Love itself is what is left over when being in love has burned away,
and this is both an art and a fortunate accident.
Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground,
and when all the pretty blossom have fallen from their branches,
they find that they are one tree and not two…”and the Apache Blessing
“Now you will feel no rain,
for each of you will be shelter for the other.
Now you will feel no cold,
for each of you will be warmth to the other.
Now there will be no loneliness,
for each of you will be a companion to the other.
Now you are two persons,
but there is only one life before you….”and of course 1 Corinthians 13
“… Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things…”
And many others.
And then I wondered about synchronicity being at work. When I opened my emails today I found this. I apologise wholeheartedly to my blogging friends in Virginia but it is posted without malice.
Have a good day
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Gave me a laugh even though some of my relatives are red-necks. Do prefer the others ones and two were new to me. Will use them on my Pinterest board.
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Thanks Katherine. 🙂
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Methinks your cold feet gave you good advice after you published this “redneck” poem the first time.
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Yeah well…
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Ha, I’m from Virginia but we say that poem refers to West Virginia or Kentucky or Tennessee or… you get my drift!
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Oh good so you are not upset. 🙂
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Where did you find that! .. you naughty girl.. i love it! c
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Well it popped up in my inbox. 🙂
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Here here. Oh we all need to laugh at ourselves once in a while, no?
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It is funny isn’t it and a reason to have a good laugh at ourselves. 🙂
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Yes, well … my step-Aunt is also my 2nd cousin. It’s a wonderful story and involves no weirdness – still, I love to mention it to folks, because I live in the south. (Even those my relatives live in Canada.)
I quite like the poem.
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Funny thing Lenore, this ended in my spam folder. WordPress or Akismet decided that something you said was SPAM!!
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It’s like a Shakespearean sonnet, but better.
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Thanks for the comment and welcome to my blog. Hope to see you here again soon. Meantime I am going over to see what you are doing om your blog. 🙂
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I have been over to your blog. Love the Meet the Neighbours post. I did comment but I think it might have landed in your Spam. 🙂
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It was in the spam folder, but now it’s not.
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I thought it was rather funny, Judith.
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Thanks Patti. I liked it too. 🙂
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I love that! 🙂 *grins*
Hey, Judith… I’ve news. I have a new blog! (Click me name!)
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Been over there and have subscribed. Well done!
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Thanks! 🙂
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I’ve heard the last one before, and it still made me smile. 🙂
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Yes I actually laughed out loud when I read it the first time. 🙂
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