The Mystery of Marriage

(Husband And Wife Sit Holding Hands by Mary Evans)

“What is this mystery so vast and deep? This love that begins in intoxication, awe in the presence of the other, the union with the miraculous melting into realism; adaptation, arguments, mistakes forgiven, patience, generosity, tears and laughter, burdens undertaken together, trials faced side by side; a companionship purified, undestroyed by the times and the endless ingenuity of self-deception. Passion and love. Honesty and love. Charity and love. And, ultimately, the metaphysics of love.”

~Michael O’Brien