Lately, I have been looking for words again as some of my brides have requested help with finding readings. To be honest finding something that hasn't been seen before is not likely. There are the tried and tested and then there are the "new" ones that are currently doing the rounds.
However I went to a wedding last Saturday - as a guest - and saw in the order of service the title A Lovely Love Story. I thought i knew what it would be having seen that title before but it was new to me. I have to say the lady who read it deserved a huge WELL DONE. Try reading it aloud and you will see what I mean.
A Lovely Love Story
The fierce Dinosaur was trapped inside his cage of ice.
Although it was cold he was happy in there. It was, after all, his cage.
Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
The Lovely Other Dinosaur melted the Dinosaur’s cage with kind words and loving thoughts.
I like this Dinosaur thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
Although he is fierce he is also tender and he is funny.
He is also quite clever though I will not tell him this for now.
I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur.
She is beautiful and she is different and she smells so nice.
She is also a free spirit which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur.
But he can be so distant and so peculiar at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
He is also overly fond of things.
Are all Dinosaurs so overly fond of things?
But her mind skips from here to there so quickly thought the Dinosaur.
She is also uncommonly keen on shopping.
Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on shopping?
I will forgive his peculiarity and his concern for things, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur.
For they are part of what makes him a richly charactered individual.
I will forgive her skipping mind and her fondness for shopping, thought the Dinosaur.
For she fills our life with beautiful thoughts and wonderful surprises. Besides,
I am not unkeen on shopping either.
Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are old.
Look at them.
Together they stand on the hill telling each other stories and feeling the warmth of the sun on their backs.
And that, my friends, is how it is with love.
Let us all be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs together.
For the sun is warm.
And the world is a beautiful place
And then, by chance I came across this beautiful lullaby. The words are so beautiful and I don't think they would be out of place at a wedding. And there is a book with illustrations by Nikki McClure - see it here . If you'd like to listen to it, it's by Cub Country and from their home page choose Stretch That Skull Cover and Smile and it's track 12 (links don't work beyond their home page, sorry)
May the stars drip down in light on you
And you close your eyes to see the moon
And sleep will pull you through
May the starlight find you
Dreams of sand out in some desert wide
That will blow all day into the night
And there will come a new dune
May the sand wash over you
Somewhere out in the old ocean tide
Where the seaweed and the starfish hide
You'll float away on waves of blue
May there always be a moon
Then the morning light comes gently in
And you wake to sunshine and the wind
Whose whispers will be true
May I always have you
credits
Jeremy Chatelain
