I love what my friend Bo Stern says about wedding vows:
“Vows aren’t perfect and they aren’t even-steven, but they are strong and real. They’re as strong as you’re willing to live them and as strong as the God who heard you say them. One day you’ll see a young, healthy couple make their promises, dressed in white. You will think about how they have all their days ahead of them and your heart will do a little squeeze because you remember that very moment in your life when the future stretched out so wide. But here’s the thing: you won’t envy them. Because you’ll know what you have is proven and true. It’s made of long nights and hard fights and a lot of giving when it seemed there was nothing more to give. In a world that is more comfortable with quitting than sticking, you will discover that the truest joy is not found in the shallows, but out in the deep.”
Tim & Jen have lived most of their twenty years of marriage “out in the deep” and wouldn’t dream of trading what they’ve forged together in that time for another shot at young love, which is one reason why they decided to renew their wedding vows in the Calico Basin last week. Jen’s dad officiated the intimate ceremony in much the same way he did twenty years ago, only this time he enlisted the help of Tim & Jen’s three sons. It was sweet and sincere with a side of…dancing! Here’s a little preview…
What a legacy!
