The Dance (written as a toast at Jeremiah and Megan’s wedding)

Finding a spouse is like a dance. At first everyone is on the dance floor and it is a mixer. You are briefly with one partner after the next, all having fun, enjoying the dance, the crowd, the evening. You aren’t really flowing with any one partner because it is a mixer and the purpose is to be with everyone and no one. That is just what you do. The dances can be awkward, bumpy, even with trips and spills, but you haven’t been with one dancer long enough to learn, and you don’t care, because you are out there enjoying dancing, but with an eye for that one true partner. Continue reading the Dance →