I opened an old notebook to take notes on a conversation with one of the couples who’s wedding I would be officiating & the page I opened to, the first draft of my wedding vows.

As I read them I swelled with the wonder of how true these words resonate in my heart at this exact moment. 

Love is not just a feeling, a sensation, a gesture, it is an evolving support of the values we recognize in self and other. An unwavering acknowledgment and respect for the ever changing fluidity of being human while honoring the solid truth or essence of spirt that is never born, never dying but alway present in all.

There aren’t enough words in my personal lexicon to adequately express my gratitude for the support that has come from the love of my partner and, henceforth, the true awareness of the love I have and need for myself.