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 We attended our friends wedding 

and as part of the mood they wanted to create

they were married in a chapel…built in 1888.

What made their wedding even more special to us was…

when they arranged it they didn’t know

it’s the same chapel Deborah and I were married in

37 years ago. 

It was a different day…a different month

and for us…a different milestone…

a time when our children were still children…

now they have lives and families of their own.

But as I saw our friends walk down the aisle

and exchange vows…as happy as can be.

that moment 37 years ago 

came flooding back to me.

I saw us in this very chapel

with or friends an family seated in these pews

young and happy 37 years ago..as if it was brand new.

And for a moment…even though I know

we’ve both grown old and gray…

in the beauty of my memory it seemed like yesterday.

So I was doubly happy seated in the chapel

as our two wedding combined…

Their wedding we were attending…

and my wedding…in my mind.

I was as happy for them as I was for Deborah and me

knowing we are all forever a part of this chapel’s history.

A history of when we came together

Joined our hands…our souls…our hearts

Under the roof of this old chapel…

37 years apart.