To beginnings


This weekend was all that a wedding weekend typically is.  Happy, beautiful, anxiety-filled, stressful and most importantly, a new beginning.  And it wasn't even my wedding.  Still, I feel so honored to be a part of someone's special day and to get to support them as they stood before their family and friends and declare their unconditional love for each other.  To watch them form a new family and to be a part of the celebration.

I don't know if you are for or against marriage or ambivalent.  But the more happy marriages, partnerships, meant-for-each-other soul mates and joyful families that I see come together, the more I am rooting for those of you who make the leap into "couplehood" and the more faith I place in humankind.  I'm crossing my fingers for you and your partner / friend / family's patience, capacity for kindness and the way that you make each other better people and encourage each other.

A toast to the human spirit: here's to those of you out there who make us better people.


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  1. Here's to Rooth, who is definitely one of those people!

    I've found that among the best couples, one or more of them is usually a little hard of hearing--that's a huge help. LOL!

    Cake details please!

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  2. Aw, beautiful writing, Rooth. SO well said, too! You have such a sweet soul! :)

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  3. Love this post! There is so much negativity out there about marriage, and as someone who got married less than a year ago, it stresses me out beyond belief! So thanks for this x

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  4. I went to a wedding a few months ago and it was really amazing. All the happiness that comes from a couple's union is beyond words.

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  5. That's one gorgeous wedding cake! I'm definitely for marriage...there's something about telling the whole world that this is the person you want to spend the rest of your life with

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  6. I love a good toast. Where's my champagne!?

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  7. I am for marriage but against stressful weddings. I can't figure out why they make everyone so stressed out and crazy, and why people need to make them so complicated.

    My favorites have been the low key ones with a reception in a backyard or on the side of a mountain. I think I'm eloping. :)

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  8. I have a problem with (mostly) women who define themselves by being married. as if it's the end goal of life and proof that they've made it. otherwise I think it's a great way to celebrate love and life.

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  9. Wedding weekends are my favorite. I agree...I'm all for weddings and those people that make us better!

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  10. Here here! It is certainly a leap of faith.

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  11. Sorry...meant Hear Hear! Another brain fart!

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  12. Beautiful post, missy, and I'm so glad you had a such a good time! I am definitely pro marriage. I'm in a very happy marriage, and I can't imagine living my life any other way. Eh, not for everyone? I get that. But, but. I'm stronger, better, nicer, just *more* because of my partner, and that's not at all a bad thing. :)

    Lauren @ still + life

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  13. Ah, I do love a good wedding . . . sigh.

    More importantly, I love a good marriage . . . when I see an old couple still holding hands and laughing at inside jokes.

    So to love, in good times and bad, cheers!

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  14. I LOVE weddings. I can't wait for my own, although if someone else could plan the whole thing so I don't have to deal with any of the ugly stress, than that would be ideal ;) I'd be just as happy going to City Hall. After all, a wedding is just 5 hours out of what is hopefully a 30+ year commitment!

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  15. i love a sincere toast! was this the wedding for which you were getting a dress fitted? let's see the photos of you! :)

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  16. I enjoy weddings, the kind where the bride and groom's eyes and gestures radiate love and adoration, while being aware of the commitment marriage entails.

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  17. Really beautifully written! I lean more cynical but when I see a couple that seems to be truly in love, it renews my faith in humankind's capacity to love so deeply.

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  18. I love weddings too. Reminds me why I married my husband. It's good to have that reminder once in a while, since after a while, you just get caught up in the routine.

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  19. I believe in marriage - although I think in this day and age, too many people put all the emphasis on "the wedding" then they do "the marriage". If people worked as hard as they did for their weddings, on their relationships, we'd have a lower divorce rate I think. Glad you had an awesome weekend :)

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  20. I love weddings but I think I have to find new friends - because everyone I know have already married, nothing to look forward to. *Sigh*

    http://tinajoathome.com/

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  21. i am for all of it - everyone getting married, no one getting married. each to their own, eh? but commitment is a beautiful thing and celebrating that with those you love and love you, that's always wonderful to be apart of.

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  22. I've been to so many weddings in the last 4 years - almost 15 in the past two alone. But you know what? When you're at the one where the partners are so incredibly in love, when their love is so real and special, when the people around them and around us emanate and exude love, those are the best kinds of weddings of all. And I never get sick of going to those :)

    Cheers.

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  23. I'll admit it - mike is my better half

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  24. Here! Here! I'm glad you enjoyed the weekend.

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  25. I do love weddings, and, as somebody else said, seeing old married couples holding hands. Lovely post (:

    K.

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  26. I love your take on weddings.

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