Today, our nephew Brian Scannell is getting married to Brittany. I love them both. Brittany is best friends with Colleen Foran, the daughter of one of my best friends, Beth Foran, who is the grandmother of my grandniece Emma. So I already feel related to Brittany.
This morning, I stare at their carefully selected wedding card and seek inspiring words that describe the beauty of marriage. I pick up Something Like Magic: On Remembering How to Be Alive by Brian Andreas, a poetry collection given to me by my friend MaryAnn. Reading the poems makes me fall in love all over again.
I read Andreas’ descriptions – whoosh! There it is – that love thing. Each poem adds warmth and gratefulness, but not one says it all. I carefully transcribe “Heart Lessons” on the card:
I will carry you with me
to the end of my days
remembering all the
moments you taught me
to trust my one heart
to be alive
I am really enjoying these simple reflections.
Love this!
Love your poem!! You have the soul of an Irish poet and the spirit of Mother Ireland