Wedding Bells

In my last blog I was talking about a wedding I went to and a point that the preacher made about young love and old love, how truely different it is from just getting married to being married for a long while. This is the entire sermon that I witnessed, which had to do with Kristina and Douglas:

"Kristina and Doug, it was a tremendous honor for me to be asked to participate in your wedding. As we began planning my part, over supper one Sunday evening at IHOP, we spoke of vows my grandfather, Harlod Hawley, wrote for my parents' wedding many years ago. He must have done a good job- my parents made it well past their Golden Wedding anniversary. I foresee a future for you that mirrors the path that my folks have walked. Someone elegantly put it this way, "The question is asked:'Is there anything more beautiful than a young couple clasping hands and pure hearts in the path of marriage? Can there be anything more beautiful than young love?' And the answer is given: 'Yes, there is a more beautiful thing. It is the spectacle of an old man and old woman finishing their journey on that path. Their hands are gnarled but still clasped; their faces are seamed but still radiant; their hearts are physicallybowed and tired but still strong with love and devotion for one another. Yes, there is a more beautiful thing than young love, old love!'" Doug and Kristina, I see my parents in that quotation and in fifty years, I see the two of you"

- The imfamous words of Coach Steve Hawley

And he goes on to say the traditional vows and the I-do's are finally stated. Going back to his parents....his father passed away a year ago around this time and his mother was diagonosed with alzheimer disease a while back. Then last Tuesday,their love lasted until the day that that they died. The example of that old love he was talking about is truely shown through the pictures I have seen and the stories I have heard. They are together again in the place we all want to end up,Heaven above. I aspire to have a marriage that literally lasts a lifetime. I have A favor to ask all of you, please go to Coach Hawley's blog and start learning about the love they then and will always share, plus you can read a ton of amazing stories this wonderful man has witnessed. You can find him at stevehawley.blogspot.com

Love and God Bless,
Kaitlyn