I realize it has been a while since there was regular updating, here on Ye Olde Blog. As noted in a previous post, sometimes the actual living requires all of the available energies… Such is life.
I also realize that this blog has inadvertently become a verbal shrine to What Was. In order for that to change, I need to get back in the groove – return to the reporting of What Is, and What I Hope Will Be. With that in mind, I am here to share a pretty big chunk of What Is…
As of April 28th, in the year of our toilet paper scarcity, 2020, I became Penny L. Weaver (!) I have alluded to some pretty significant changes in the minimal posting I have done here in the past 3 years. A little over 2 years ago, I chanced to meet an amazing individual who thought me fairly amazing, too. We learned and grew together – there were adventures and much sharing and the making of incredible memories. About a year ago, there were whispers of a shared future. There were things that we both wanted/needed to deal with first. As John Lennon famously said: “Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.” This has never been more true than now… Sometimes, love looks like sunshine through the storm clouds.
The Groom and His Bride |
He has been increasingly anxious due to the fact that I am uninsured. When he looked across the table at me, late Saturday night, and said “this is probably the single most un-romantic proposal ever,” I had to disagree. What speaks more of love than wanting the best for those that you love? Sometimes, love looks like taking care of those that mean the most to you.
The Kiss |
SO… With the question asked and answered, we were faced with the additional questions of “How?” “Where?” and “What?” Getting the first two answered revealed that we also needed to answer “Who?”
How does one get married in the middle of a virtual global lock-down? Well, firstly one needs to obtain a License to do so. In order to accomplish that feat, we had to make an appointment with the Register of Deeds. Having made several calls, and listened to many recorded announcements, we were able to do just that. On Monday, April 27th at 1:00pm we obtained the official paperwork to proceed.
The Wedding Party: Masked and Distanced |
Fine Wedding Jewelry brought to you by Jery's Pawn & Gun Shop |
The exchanging of the rings with festive signage in the vestibule of the Magistrate's Office |
There you have it! Love in the time of Pandemic. A story for the ages! We are still giggling over the surreal nature of the double-time manner in which all of this was accomplished. Sometimes, love looks like making the leap – before everything is “perfect.” It has been quite some time since either of us has been this happy. It has not escaped me that I am so very lucky, once again, to be held in the arms of a great love. Today and ever more, my song is one of gratitude.
These beauties arrived about an hour after we returned home - many thanks to MDP and Stan! |
Onward and upward!
Words of Wisdom for Today:
You were born together, and together you
shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white
wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the
silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance
between you.
~Kahlil Gibran