Two are better than one.....

My daughter was married this weekend.  Guests came from all over to wish her and her new husband well.  The bride was beautiful.  The groom was everything a groom should be...attentive, charming, smiling, good-natured. 

The day was one of those heaven-sent days of early autumn that showcases that certain rock-bound and rolling charm of our Ozark hills.  Bright sun, blue sky, wispy clouds, and delightfully cool temperatures.  A perfect day.

We ate barbeque.  We listened to fiddle tunes played by a talented young woman who is our friend.  We talked and laughed and raised our glasses to toast the newlyweds.

As the long afternoon moved into dusk a hush came up with the shadows from the valley below.  That magical time between light and dark brought chairs out to the field and porch where guests sat and gazed at the stars and conversation faded from whispers gradually into peaceful silence.

Today the couple left to go home by way of Cape Cod where they will honeymoon for a few days.  And as I watched the truck go down the road I remembered the verses from Ecclesiastes that were read during the ceremony on that perfect wedding day.  "Two are better than one," it begins.  Yes, and these two have a wonderful start to a life filled with joy and laughter and love.

Long life and happiness always, Matt and Nina.  We love you.