Today in the Netherlands there is a wedding. Two people in love will be pledging their troth to each other – loyalty, faithfulness, and fidelity for all the days of their lives, in sickness and in health, until death do them part.
Ginnie and Astrid, I lift my glass to you in honor of this most important day as you begin this next chapter in your lives. I wish for you an abiding, agape love, one for the other. ”Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
Gelukkige huwelijken beginnen wanneer wij het een trouwen dat wij houden van en zij ontbloeien wanneer wij het een houden waarvan wij trouwden. {Happy marriages begin when we marry the one we love, and they blossom when we love the one we married.} May you have many happy days together!
Oh, so sweet… Beautiful story…*swoon*…
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Beautiful image to accompany your beautiful words. I left my “congratulations” for Ginnie and Astrid at Vision and Verb!
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oh how nice..the verse is simple and true ..the bloom, like a painting Toni
Why you’ve got me crying Toni!! Beautifully said. Let’s all raise a glass to the newlyweds!!!
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I love what you did to the rose–so soft and romantic.
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Beautiful thoughts and an absolutely luscious image. I hope their day and lives are as beautiful as your creation here. I need to learn how to do this.
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Congratulations to your friends. The rose is soooo beautiful, the drops on it and then the texturing. I need some textures, I love that effect!
Candace´s last blog …Guest Photographer
Would you believe I just wrote that poem in a wedding album I am making. Hey I never got to thank you for the wonderful websites you referred me to for wedding inspiration. They were really great and I got a lot out of them.
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Love the photo! The words are such a gift and beautiful thoughts
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I love the photo. Congratulations to the far-away pair!
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You have touched us both very deeply, Toni, with this post. You couldn’t have given us a better gift. Ontzettend bedankt. Untold thanks! It was probably the best day of our lives. Beautiful in every way. We keep saying to each other: “Wij zijn getrouwd!” We are married.
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very nice work. very soft, well done! Greets, SePp
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Dear Toni, Ginnie showed me the picture and what you wrote, you did touch my/our heart with this beautiful tribute.
Needless to say we are very happy, it was a beautiful day and we now enjoy looking at the pictures taking from that wedding.
Thank you again.
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lovely photo … and congrats to the happy couple!
this is exquisite.
i love how you processed it.
This photo is exquisite. It is soft and simple and truly wonderful.
And so is love.
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