{"id":3795,"date":"2014-02-20T21:53:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T02:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2014-02-20T21:53:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T02:53:28","slug":"on-being-the-best-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biguglymandoll.com\/?p=3795","title":{"rendered":"On Being the Best Person"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Happy Couple, on the Books!<\/p><\/div>\n

I was in a wedding this morning!\u00a0 I was all atwitter, aflutter, and excited – and honored beyond words that I’d been asked to stand up for my friend’s wedding, as her best person.\u00a0\u00a0My friend Brenda and her fianc\u00e9 Darla finally tied the knot.\u00a0 I met them at the courthouse with the rest of the wedding party, handed the right ring to the right bride, and watched as two people in love became one couple in the eyes of the law.<\/p>\n

As Brenda and Dar get married, as Brenda’s best person and having been married for half my life, I thought I’d say a few things about marriage.\u00a0\u00a0 Mind you, I also met Brenda more than half my life ago, when we worked together\u00a0at the US Postal Service, and so I will tell you that marriage is like mailing a first class letter.<\/p>\n

On the inside is a secret message, just for the two of you.\u00a0 Everyone knows that!\u00a0 But on the outside, there is still some very important information.\u00a0 It tells you about where you’re from, and about where you’re going.\u00a0 There’s no superfluous data on an envelope.\u00a0 Just as in marriage, everything – even the small things – are important.<\/p>\n

Plus, there’s trust involved in mailing a letter, just like\u00a0there is in a marriage.\u00a0 When you put your stamp on the envelope, you’re trusting the post office to deliver your message – and as Brenda can tell you, they will.\u00a0 That stamp is a 49-cent contract that they will deliver:\u00a0\u00a0through rain and through snow, in\u00a0 sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer.\u00a0 That stamp is the government seal of approval for your letter.<\/p>\n

So\u00a0congratulations to\u00a0Brenda and Dar today, not just on getting married, but for persevering long enough for our government to realize that everyone deserves a stamp!\u00a0 I am glad and grateful to have been a part of their day.<\/p>\n

To the happy couple!<\/p>\n

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