The Bride Wore Blue (and the greatest of these is love)

What I'll give you

Since you've asked

Is all my time together

Take the rugged sunny days

The warm and rocky weather

Take the roads that I have walked

Looking for tomorrow's time

Peace of mind --

As my life spills into yours

Changing with the hours

Filling up the world with time

Changing time to flowers

I can show you all the songs

That I never sang to someone before.

We have seen a million stones

Lying by the water

You have climbed the hills with me

To the mountain shelter

Taking off the days

One by one

Setting them to breath

In the sun.

Take the lilies and the lace

From the days of childhood

All the willow winding paths

Leading up and outward

This is what I give

This is what I ask you for

Nothing more.

~ Judy Collins, Since You've Asked

It was a pandemic wedding.  The masked bride and groom showed up at the courthouse and were joined in-person by the officiant and a witness (as family and friends attended virtually).* 

A search of newspaper articles recently had disclosed the bride's maternal grandparents' wedding announcement which related the event in great detail. It was hard not to think of that wedding as this wedding day dawned. 

At the long-ago wedding the bride wore a French grey suit with rhinestone buttons.  She carried pink camellias. Her mother wore a black faille** suit with pearl trimmed cuffs. The church (in the bride's home town) was decorated with chrysanthemums and packed with family and friends. And that once-upon-a-time couple honeymooned in the Texas hill country before returning to school and work.

Today's couple wore blue. They were able to remove their masks for the vows (the officiant and witness more than social distanced). Through their laughter and tears the bride and groom exchanged vows and rings. And they were surrounded by love. 

To mark this day how about a blessing?

Favor them with happiness and peace.

Amen.

NOTES:

* A live-stream was offered by the clerk's office.

** You might wonder what faille is (as I did). It is a soft, light-woven fabric having a ribbed texture and originally made of silk.

[I might have been saving this photo a good long while.]