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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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2:32a - matrimony
weddings make me happy. i used to have a rather grim view of marriage, probably brought about by years of doubt about my parents' relationship and the circumstances of my birth. now i have no illusions that it was a perfect marriage, but i do know at some point they loved each other deeply.
i think what makes weddings so touching to me is the fact that it's a giant leap of faith. here is a man i love, and i believe and am willing to declare to the whole world that i believe i can love him till death. and for the most part, it's a giant celebration, a giant step in a completely new direction, and it's brave and stupid and wonderful.
the faces of newlyweds, the smiles on their faces, the tears in their eyes, these always bring tears to me, even if the bride and groom are strangers to me. it's just so beautiful.
i have no illusions that a perfect wedding means a perfect marriage. marriages fall apart for all sorts of reasons, and weddings--beautiful or disastrous--are no indication of how the years that follow will play out. it isn't the possibilities of the relationship to come that touches me. it's the enormity of the emotion that brought you both to that day.
can you imagine feeling so intensely for one person enough to say to the whole world that there can never be anyone else?
i can.
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