Guys had their pant legs rolled up and women's skirts were swaying gently with the tangy salty air coming across the ocean.
The sun was melting down into the waves as the groom stood in his cream summer suit at the end of a raked smooth sandy path. There were clear half filled glass vases with sand, seashells and a votive candle to mark the path for the bride to find her Merman.
A canopy of crisp white sheet sail was stretched and tied with jute rope to four strong branches of driftwood to form a dais where sacred vows would be spoken.
Murmurs swept thru the waiting wedding guests,
"The bride is coming! She is walking on the beach with the children."
Heads swivel and feet take a few steps in the pebbley sand in order to catch a glimpse of the wedding party.
The bride looks like she has emerged from her home in the ocean. Her hair is long and loose with a whisper of a veil pinned with a shimmering comb. Her white raw silk dress is backless, held up with spaghetti straps and encircling her hips was a satin band made of silver and crystal bugle beads.
Holding her hands were their daughters; giggling, while dressed in matching sunflower yellow sundresses and crowns of babysbreath placed on their heads. The brides son trailed his sister carrying five perfectly pink tulips to represent the new family they would become.
The groom's shoulders relaxed as his bride made her way along the beach, laughing and talking with the children. The guests all had smiles on their faces as they watched the Mermaid bride come stand by her Merman.
Soon it was almost over, tears shed, promises spoken, blessings wrapped around all of them. It made me remember a conversation I had with this very special couple. I asked each of them,
"How do you know this is the right person for you?"
The groom easily replied,
"When I saw her sitting on the couch reading to her children.
When I saw her eyes fill with tears as her daughter gave her a picture she had drawn. It was just a tree.
When I saw how many times she hugged and kissed her children, my daughter...and me."
The bride smiled and said,
"When I saw how he hugged his daughter.
When I saw him walking down the sidewalk with roses in his arms towards me.
When I saw him lift his mother from her wheelchair into her bed and then kiss her goodnight."
It was easy to see why these two people had found their "Adam" and "Eve" in each other and wanted to spend the rest of their life creating memories together. At the end, it seemed to make sense, as the couple exchanged a very passionate kiss, their children kicked up sand around them!
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