The Wedding Dance

One of my friends on Facebook posted a connection to a YouTube video of a couple dancing at their wedding. It is pretty great. They certainly prepared for the event. The guy looks to big for the moves he makes and yet is very agile and competent. I really loved the wedding Dance of my nephew Will and his wife Chrissy. They just seemed to have such a great time at their wedding reception and the dance was part of it. Marsha and I had a church wedding but the reception was just family at Marsha's family home. No dance. Sometimes I think the receptions last longer than the happiness of the marriages. Now perhaps longer than the wedding dance. Is marriage just another self-serving pursuit of happiness or a real desire to create homes that sustain both parents and children. I'm a fun loving guy and I hope and pray that this young couple put as much effort day in and day out to their marriage that was shown in preparing for that dance. I hope our society will make a commitment to their marriages and families. I know I would not be the person I am today if I had quit on my marriage when times were tough. If my wife of 45 years Marsha was still alive the dance would still be going on. We were more in step with one another than ever and life had more joy than ever, not because of where we started but because of how we completed the journey.