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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 04:56 PM
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Videotaped a wedding today, and saw one of those unplanned, touching, real life moments
It was during the exchanging of the rings.

The bride was repeated her lines, and little by little, began to progressively choke up.

A tear started rolling down her cheek.

The groom gently reached up and wiped it away.

I realized in that moment that the romance in me isn't dead yet.

It's disillusioned, impatient, disappointed and pessimistic...

...but it ain't dead.

:toast:
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 05:39 PM
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1. Oh. That's very sweet. May they have a wonderful long life together...
And you keep romance alive, please, Amerigo.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:05 PM
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4. Thank you...it is a challenge, but it is who I am, so I will.
:grouphug:
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 05:54 PM
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2. thank you for the reminder
and possibility that is does truly exist..
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:08 PM
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5. I saw it today, and I was moved.
I go into these situations never knowing what to expect.

And I heard the bride's voice crack, and I felt a gradual sting in my own tear ducts.

And when he reached up and wiped that tear away, I was moved beyond words.

These are two people who love each other.

These are two people who belong together.

And I had the honor to not only witness it, but to film it.

It does exist.

It might happen right out of high school, or college, or much, much later in life.

But I saw it today.

Love is real.

Love is there, for me, for you, for us.

We need to be ready when it arrives.

:grouphug:
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:02 PM
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3. My dear Amerigo Vespucci...
How perfectly beautiful...

You describe it so perfectly, so beautifully, it's as though we are all there right alongside you, watching it happen...

Thank you.

May you always have romance in you, sweetie...

It makes life worthwhile.

:hug:
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:14 PM
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7. Peggy, you know I appreciate you, and your poetry, and your art ...
...and I witnessed all of those things today, alive and vibrant. All of your beautiful photos of sunsets and sunrises, all of your wonderful poems about the ache and anticipation of love.

I was there. It all happened today, in the blink of an eye.

I was touched, I was honored, I was in a state of awe and gratitude.

This was life, as it is meant to be lived. I could see my life unfolding, when the time was right, when the woman who is right for me reveals herself and I wipe every tear away and pledge my honor and my love and my comforting arms to her, and her alone.

Thanks again, Peggy. You are a constant reminder of what it is all about.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:23 PM
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9. I am overwhelmed, and I am weeping...
Very few here have ever spoken so tenderly to me as you did just now...

The woman who reveals herself to you as the right one for you will be a very lucky woman...

I hope you find her. You deserve her...

Thank you...

:hug:
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:11 PM
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6. Happened to me and my husband held my hands looked into my eyes
with love. That was all I needed to finish my vows. :)
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:16 PM
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8. It is a moment
The moment happens, or it does not.

I celebrate you and your husband for having that moment, and you personally for acknowledging that moment's importance and significance.

You brass ring of life firmly in your grasp.
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oregonjen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:24 PM
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10. It's a huge moment
Realizing the importance of the vows, the nervousness, the excitement, it all catches up to you in the moment. My family thought there was something wrong and I gave them a slight heart attack!
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 06:47 PM
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11. I hope you captured every second of it.
Sometime in 2060 those eyes will tear again.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 07:14 PM
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13. I did, this was power, this was life, this is why we live
It was humbling in its honest simplicity, and I cannot adequately express my gratitude for being the man with the camera.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 07:12 PM
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12. The gift you have given them and their children and grandchildren is wonderful
That scene will make many tear up. You captured a pivotal moment for them.

You're lucky to have witnessed it. They're lucky you witnessed it too.
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 07:21 PM
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14. I created website for a church less than a mile down the road from this church...
...and I filmed a wedding ceremony, which I converted into a DVD, as a gift, for a couple I knew could not afford it...

...because I place no higher value than that of a man or woman who is willing to commit their life to the joy and peace of another. That is Mount Everest. When you are willing to fuse your life to another person's life in order to bring down peace and joy and love, you have grabbed the brass ring of life,

:grouphug:
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 07:56 PM
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15. One of our bridesmaids vomited on the altar
I think I win the heart-touching moment contest, right?
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 12:10 AM
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22. Damn! Planning daughter's wedding now!
Will try HARD not to recall your comment!
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 08:53 AM
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27. Word of advice
Don't let her get married on a 98 degree, insanely humid afternoon in new Orleans in June, especially when someone has a stomach bug!
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 01:44 PM
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30. OK!
How about September in Philly?!
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nolabear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 08:33 PM
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16. This is one of he nicest threads I've ever read here.
Isn't it wonderful when life puts something in front of you at just the right time, in just the right way, and you realize what remarkable, fragile and tender creatures we are?

Thanks so much for taking the trouble to share, AV.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 09:16 PM
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17. I was at a wedding one time that was outside. The skies opened up and it started to pour rain.
Now who was the first one out on the deck floor in her bare feet and wedding gown splashing in puddles but the bride. She was soaking wet and danced up a storm. I'll never forget that. It was so much fun.
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Danger Mouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 09:17 PM
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18. It won't last.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 09:48 PM
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19. ...
:spank:


:P
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 01:31 AM
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23. Enjoy that half-empty glass, and thanks for raining on the parade.
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kimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-15-10 10:07 PM
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20. Thank you so much for posting this,
Your words have made me choke up too, and I really needed to read this now.

Again, thank you.
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gimama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 12:01 AM
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21. Reminds me of a song, Tom Waits, I think..
"If even I
can find someOne,
there's hope
for us all.."

Thank YOU for sharing this Treasure.
I remember the Gift You gave another just-wed couple, awhile back.
YOU are a tender, sweeet Spirit.
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tango-tee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 02:58 AM
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24. If I had witnessed that sweet, gentle moment...
...I would have dissolved. It is those snippets in time that allow me not despair of humankind entirely.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 02:59 AM
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25. Eh, he'll be beating her within the year.
:hide:

:yoiks:
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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 09:41 AM
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28. ...
Fortunately, we're not married so I'll start the beating now.
:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 09:48 AM
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29. YOU are bad...
:rofl:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 02:14 PM
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31. Ok, so romance may not be my strong suit.
:)
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 02:14 PM
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32. *snap* forkboy is on today...
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 03:01 AM
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26. My hubby cried. I didn't. And I think people thought I was weird.
I hate to cry in public so I would've been mortified. But it is extremely sweet and touching -- for somebody else to cry, just not me.
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