{"id":256,"date":"2008-08-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-25T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/08\/25\/one-year-ago-today\/"},"modified":"2008-08-25T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-25T14:00:00","slug":"one-year-ago-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/vwxynot\/2008\/08\/25\/one-year-ago-today\/","title":{"rendered":"One year ago today…"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>I can hardly believe a year has passed so quickly!<\/span><\/div>\n

As Mr E Man said on Friday night, as we had dinner on a patio next to the wedding venue, “it’s been a wonderful year, and may there be five or six more”.<\/p>\n

The reading before our vows was adapted from “On Marriage”, taken from The Prophet <\/span>by Kahlil Gibran<\/a>. I came across a copy of this book in the house of Mr E Man’s BFF (and best man), a few months before our wedding. Upon reading the Marriage chapter, I immediately announced that I had found the perfect passage to kick off the ceremony. Turns out that BFF had been given the book a few months before his own <\/span><\/span>wedding, at which Mr E Man was the best man, and had used the same passage in the ceremony!<\/p>\n

We removed the passage alluding to God – and not for the reasons you might think! In BC you can either be married in a civil or a religious ceremony. If you choose the former, as we did, the marriage commissioner is not allowed to include any religious words in the ceremony at all.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we used:<\/p>\n

You were born together,
and together you shall be forevermore.<\/p>\n

You shall be together
when the white wings of death scatter your days.<\/p>\n

But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.<\/p>\n

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.
Let it rather be a moving sea
between the shores of your souls.<\/p>\n

Fill each other’s cup, but drink not from one cup.
Give one another of your bread, but eat not from the same loaf.<\/p>\n

Sing and dance together and be joyous,
but let each of you be alone,<\/p>\n

Even as the strings of a lute are alone
though they quiver with the same music.<\/p>\n

Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping.
For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts.<\/p>\n

And stand together, yet not too near together.
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,<\/p>\n

And the oak tree and the cypress
grow not in each other’s shadow.<\/p>\n

Happy anniversary, babe. You’re not too shabby, really. The kitty cats and I had a meeting after you left this morning, and we’ve decided to keep you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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