From Star-dust on a String

 June 3rd, 1988 Wedding Day

In the Mennonite culture we grew up in the bride wears pale blue.

This past Christmas is the most recent picture I have of the two of us now...

I suppose

None of us are

The same person we were

Twenty-eight years before

Life and love

Left their quiet proof

And reproof

On our brows

And in our hearts

As we grew together

Or apart

While Time drew its art

On our skin

In our eyes

With surprising

Haste

And we realize

We have no Time to waste,

For who knows how far

We have left, my dear

With who we are

From who we were

Where ‘my, how far

We have come’

Above

Those star-struck days

Of

Young,

In love

Where the love we choose

Is a sturdy, weathered Thing

Compared to

Newly-weds

Holding

Star-dust on a string

© Janet Martin

 

 Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."

Matt.19:26

Anniversaries don't happen because keeping vows is easy, but because it is right.

That is what makes anniversaries most special.

Sometimes when I read marriage advice I am filled with great despair at my/our failures rather than remembering the joy of our successes. 

That is why I like this poem here so much!

Here are a few good marriage/family tips from a teeny book I found years ago...