These announcements are different today than the ones I made when I first began writing in this space. Our family is growing through marriage and grandchildren these days.  We have recently gained a daughter of the heart through our third son, Asher, and could not be happier for them.  

Marriage in the time of Covid is not without its unique challenges.  Fortunately, this young couple is extremely modest and thrifty and truly desired a small, intimate wedding anyway.  It was just immediate family for the ceremony and we celebrated together at home afterwards. Friends dropped off reception style decor at my doorstep in the days leading up to the big event.  My friend Annie graciously agreed to capture the day for us.  The kids announced that it was one of the best weddings we have had in the end. 

"Well a man shall leave his mother, and a woman leave her home
They shall travel on to where the two shall be as one
As it was in the beginning is now until the end
A woman draws her life from man and gives it back again
And there is love, there is love."

Noel Paul Stookey