You know how you just know some couples are going to make it, and others aren't? This is a couple that will go the long haul. As in...I would be utterly shocked if they ever got divorced.
I re-vamped a poem I wrote for a college roommate to include in their wedding card. The college roommate I wrote it for in 1990 is still happily married, with two children, after surviving breast cancer. I believe these other friends will be happily married 20 years from now as well. The poem I wrote is below. But in the meantime, do you also - just know - sometimes whether or not a union is really going to make it through the long haul?
Friend,
on your wedding day
I wish you joy.
For if each of your days
is touched by the happiness
you unselfishly bring
to the lives of those
who know you as I do
then you will be blessed
and you will be happy
as I have been happy
in knowing you.
On your wedding day,
I wish you trust.
For if your marriage is granted
the trust and assurance
you’ve earned in your relationships
like our special friendship
then you will be gifted
with faith and sincerity
as I have been gifted
by my friendship with you.
My friend, on your wedding day,
I wish you love.
For if, on your journeys
you encounter devotion
behind each obstacle
and scatter affection,
as you have in my pathway
I know you will find
the joy, trust, and love
that I found
in having
a true friend
like you.
Laura Handke, 2/25/2012
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