June 21, 2018
…. for better, for worse,
…. for richer, for poorer,
…. in sickness and in health,
…. in good times and in bad,
…. till death do we part ….
He never thought of the meaning
of these simple words till that moment,
as he was torn between past
and future, between his wife
becoming his wife that moment
and his parents twenty feet away,
and so he turned to them and said
with his eyes, “Thank you!”
and then without thinking kissed
and embraced his wife - and the
whole church clapped and his
wife hadn’t even made her vows
and promises to him yet - so now
it’s their turn to be repeat performances
of what their parents did for them before them.
Amen.
© Andy Costello, Reflections
2018