November 14, 2015

EYE TO EYE

As priest I have been blessed

to be standing  there - less than

12 inches - a ruler distance away -

when  couples look each other

eye to eye - when they take and make

their vows to each other in marriage.

As priest I have been doubly blessed

to be standing there  - looking at a

couple looking each other in the eye -

at their 25^th or 50^th wedding anniversary -

renewing their vows to each other in  marriage.

As priest, I have been 100 times blessed

to see couples almost on top of each other

when saying goodbye - looking at each

other eye to eye in a nursing home -

when one has to go home alone for

the night - or one is going home for good.

        

© Andy Costello, Reflections, 2015