thoughts on the news of the day: hope

hmmm…..

            So much bad news …there is so much bad news in the world today.  Unrest and war in the Middle East, stock market losses on Wall Street, tornadoes and earthquakes and no doubt a hurricane or two this season.

            But in our family today there is good news!  We will celebrate the marriage of my nephew and his beautiful fiancé.  As a minister, I am privileged and enormously happy to officiate at this grand occasion.  The couple have been going together for years.  They met in college, have traveled the world together and now make their home in New England where she is in law school.  It’s almost a storybook romance: the couple is clearly in love and our family is in love with the idea of their union.

            My nephew has been clever, creative and classy almost since birth.  In addition to being my nephew, he is also my godson, so I am a little prejudiced.   When he was about 5 or 6 he sent me a card.  It had drawings of tiny ants all over it and on the inside it said, “Happy Birthday, ‘Ant’ Nancy.  I have been “Ant” Nancy ever since.  So naturally, I think he is wonderful and the marriage is wonderful, too.

            In a depressing and desperate time such as this, it is endearing to watch a young couple and their families so happy in the possibilities of the new life they are creating.  And I am blessed to be a part of it.  Hope abounds.

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