©Ode to Richard and Lorraine

When I think of my friends Richard and Lorraine

I think of love never ending as a circle, which has

no beginning and has no end…

It is hard to tell where Lorraine ends and Richard

Begins… And so the same with Richard where do

you end and where does Lorraine begin?

I find it hard to speak of one without the other…

They truly are as one. It is as breathing out and

breathing in; love that truly has no beginning and

has no end.

And the part that truly warms my heart is their

devotion to our Lord. Again it is like breathing

out and breathing in their deep devotion to our

Lord it has no beginning and it has no end.

May their marriage to our God and their marriage

to each other… flourish as evergreen branches on

the eternal tree of life.

January 31, 2006