Terrible Dancers Can Still Be The Best Partners
“Marriage is not a ritual or an end. It is a long, intricate, intimate dance together and nothing matters more than your own sense of balance and your choice of partner.”― Amy Bloom The dance that began it all! This is the quote that was plastered on all two-hundred plus programs handed out at my wedding and that still hangs on the wall in a shadow box. I loved it then and I love it now but for very different reasons. You see, the girl that put that on her wedding program and the woman who reads it now are two very different people. I thought I knew marriage then and now I’ve lived marriage. That will change you. It wasn’t conscious at the time but I believe that young girl put that lovely quote on there because it seemed wise and as if it proclaimed that her new husband and her had the skills necessary for the never-ending dance they were vowing. We thought we were perfectly paired and would make a great team but the truth is there was little balance to be