Young love…aww, don’t you just love seeing it? Makes your heart smile and reminds us…when you were young and in love.
All of it: the giddy, nervous, smile that connects your ears; the butterflies in your stomach when you see them, not sure what to say, what to do; what they’ll say, what they’ll do. Yes, I remember it well.
My wife and I were invited to a wedding this past weekend, and we sat under twin oak trees, providing shade for this perfect spot, just enough for a gazebo and 50 white chairs. We were there to share in the wedded bliss of the young couple; just graduated from college in May, getting married in June. It was a perfect June afternoon, breeze in the air to lessen the heat of June in Florida. As I looked around, you could see it in the faces of the invited quests: anticipation.
Anticipation for what? For witnessing the coolest thing…two hearts becoming one!
You don’t see the innocence of love much anymore. That look the couple shares that we get to witness: they have counted the months, weeks, days, hours and minutes until they will be surrounded by friends and family. Anticipation of the hope of their future, the joy of sharing their lives, the glee(yes glee!) over finally being together.
I’ll let you interpret the last part however you choose.
Most weddings today are after the kids have come or…in the way of some, while the bun is still baking in the oven.
I’ve actually heard them say, ”Yeh, we’re having a baby, but…marriage is just too big of a commitment”; you just smile, because you know-and soon, they’ll know too.
So you really don’t get to see “it” that often—you know it, that look only they share…they are just so in love, unaware of the challenges that may await them.
That’s for then; Today is all about love…and it IS contagious. Even we old timers catch it again just being around it. Don’t you wish they could bottle it?
POINTS2PONDER Why do we allow the passage of time to fade the sheer joy of love we first felt when…we fell in love?
I watched the couple as they took each other’s hands to exchange rings— both so nervous—thought for sure they were gonna drop one!
But…the look, that look! They were just so in love with each other, so caught up in the moment, so full of joy and…anticipation!
And that’s just like it should be.
After the ceremony, while we waited in the barn (did I mention it was in a barn?) for the couple to join us, they played music.
One song came on that my wife and I used in our wedding. The words go like this:
“If in the morning, when you wake up, the sun does not appear…I will be here.
As sure as seasons are made for change, our lifetimes are made for years…I will be here!”
I leaned into my wife, started singing the song to her; we swayed to the music, reminiscing about our wedding 12 years ago.
And…unexpectedly, I remembered that feeling…
Anticipation—sure enough, it really was contagious!
Guess young love isn’t just for the young… some of us “notso young” still experience it, and…it feels real GOOD!!!!
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