A wedding coming up

It seems to me this "How Are You" topic has run it's course. I'm interested in learning how to put photos on the blog, etc. But...in the meantime...I have a wedding to go to next Saturday.
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