Starlight, Moonlight

 My parents, wedding day
June 18, 1939

Married  66 years 

 Kevin's parents, wedding day 
August 5, 1945

Married 56 years

The poem and inspiration for this post came from my brother's website, SoundLiving.

What a heritage of long and faithful marriage our parents gave us. Both marriages ended only in the death of a spouse. Both sets of parents loved God and gave their children a godly example to follow.

I thought the following poem was exceptional, reminding us how God uses marriage to refine us.

Love is moonlight,

And marriage is daylight,

And none of us stands the exposure too well;

And most of us long to go back to the moonlight –

Dear nights of moonlight that cast such a spell.

Love is starlight

And marriage is sunlight,

Hurting our eyes with the glare and the heat;

And most of us long to go back to the starlight –

Dear silver starlight when love is so sweet.

Love is dreaming,

But marriage is living,

And tolerance teaches a way to be blind;

And daylight and sunlight seem moonlight and starlight –

After the years teach us how to be kind.

Author, Second Chance - A Tale of Two Puppies

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