I want to start by saying thank you to everyone here for helping to make this a very special occasion for Ana-Maria and Devin. It’s a momentous day, not just for them but also for our extended families who now become intertwined through the love of our children. So to the L______ family, welcome. I am looking forward to getting to know you all better over the months and years ahead.
But I don’t want to take up too much time talking about family dynamics and formalities. This day is all about Devin and Ana-Maria and the love they share.
Unconditional love
Love that gives itself freely
Cling free love
Love that doesn’t need reassurance or reciprocity
But simply says, be free
My love, be free
In the now of a forever more
You’ll share post-colonial love
Anarchistic love
Unbound by convention
But held together by respect
Now, synthesizing your separate selves into integrated newness
Sharing a single heartbeat
Which is the only sound you hear
You’ll speak a language of sighs and silences
Of breaths inhaled
Your punctuation done with looks and touches
The language of love has a complex grammar
Where silences can speak volumes
But shouldn’t
And as your fluency increases
You’ll learn to sing your love together in harmony
Composing symphonies of love on the fly
And there’ll be a time to come
When other voices join the chorus
To sing the song of your love
The song you started singing today
Resonating into a lifetime of lifetimes
This day is all about Devin and Ana-Maria and the love they share.
