{"id":727,"date":"2004-09-13T11:44:00","date_gmt":"2004-09-13T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/727"},"modified":"2004-09-13T11:44:00","modified_gmt":"2004-09-13T15:44:00","slug":"1st-weddings-and-7th-monthiversaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/727","title":{"rendered":"1st Weddings and 7th Monthiversaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, I’m going to a wedding rehearsal dinner this Wednesday.
\nI have spent the past two weeks, ever since I was asked to stand and speak at the wedding, reading through an entire book of wedding poetry called “To Woo and to Wed”<\/a>. I pondered long and hard, using all of my English-language acumen, my many long years of education and training towards the goal of choosing a sentiment that I thought would represent the union of the bride and groom. This Saturday, I got a phone message informing me that my reading selection has been chosen for me, and I’m to practice it for the rehearsal. Sigh.<\/p>\n

I Would Live In Your Love – Sara Teasdale<\/p>\n

I would live in your love as the sea-grasses live in the sea,
\nBorne up by each wave as it passes,
\ndrawn down by each wave that recedes;
\nI would empty my soul as the dreams that have gathered in me,
\nI would beat with your heart as it beats,
\nI would follow your soul as it leads.<\/p>\n

In other news, today marks my 7th “monthiversary” with Justin. I’ll have to think of something nice for us to do tonight. According to the ‘All-Knowing Internet’, traditional 7th-versary presents have a theme of copper and wool, lapis lazuli and onyx. A contemporary or modern 7th anniversary present has a theme of Desk Set. The flowers associated with the 7th anniversary are Jack-in-the-pulpit. I don’t like any of these ideas (although I suppose on the “desk set” theme, I did get him a robotic flashlight on Saturday this weekend). Jack-in-the-pulpits look too much like funeral flowers to me, and I’m not digging the navy blue and black gemstones. I’m a colourful blooms and jewels kind of girl.<\/p>\n

Maybe I’ll just cook us a nice dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, I’m going to a wedding rehearsal dinner this Wednesday. I have spent the past two weeks, ever since I was asked to stand and speak at the wedding, reading through an entire book of wedding poetry called “To Woo and to Wed”. I pondered long and hard, using all of my English-language acumen, my […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consciousness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}