Monday, December 9, 2013

Maid-of-Honor SPEECH, for Mai and Dre. November 2013.

When two people come together in marriage to formalize their union... it is simply so special.
This union, is to meet another humyn who you want to always be with.

Whom you can trust... you love... you respect...
you imagine the future with...
cuddle, snuggle...
laugh, play...
have intense conversations with...
about yourself- your own individual dreams and mission... work... practice...
and about your shared visions- what could the future look like together?
you contemplate, reflect, imagine... together...

When people get married, they decide they wanna DO it... :)

They wanna attempt this life into the future Together.
Trusting they can work through the obstacles... and relish in the beauty and joys.
Create together... newness and evolution.

They accept each other has their own past... full already of 'stories'...
Stories that made them to be exactly who they were... when they first met.
It was ALL of it that made them drawn to each other.
The qualities that make them stand out to each other...
that makes them just feel that little sparkle of love for each other :)
They are how they are because of the whole combination of life they have lived...
and from that first 'love sparkle' forward... it is a shared life, creating the path forward into the future.

Mai and Dre... So cute :) Kawaii :)   (japanese for so cute!)

Both such quirky creatures
... intelligent creative... chillin' yet hard working... beauty-full and fun... humble and simple....kind and caring, especially to those they love deeply.
Those of us who celebrate them, have had the honor to be graced by this caring kindness.

... They are rootsy... connected to the Natural... knowledgeable in the sacred intimacies of Nature... Wise...
And always willing to share and teach of their wisdoms...
So many times Dre has 'lost' me, because he just has so much knowledge in there, his being... it's amazing.
I have said many times, i think he is one of the most intelligent/ genius people i know... and it's true... he really is :)

Dre and Mai make SO much sense for each other.
I can imagine them evolving so beautifully, so compatibly.

In my head, i see their farm they speak of... sheep donkeys dogs... magical gardens, abundant with plants, leaves and flowers and seeds and vegetables and fruits...

many different impressive projects on the go... fermentings, buildings, knittings/crochetings... craftings... buildings...

Andrius' mind constantly alert... and bubbly Mai, with her big beautiful smile... supporting Andrius' next initiative, as she calmly continues with her own :) ... getting excited about the sheep's milk, and wool...

For as long as i have known Mai, she has been a loving confidante, a dear friend... truly listening, and feeling with me... and I with her.
She is so full of love, and i see it now where she gets it from... Her family such a lovely bunch... of calm, loving, sparkley, kind humyns.

Mai genuinely cares for those she chooses to surround herself with... and once she cares... it is a COMMITMENT she makes... she will always have care for you.

When she asked me to be her maid-of-honour, to be one of her brides'maids...i thought, it would be an honour, to be a maid, to this bride Mai :)
I respect, and love her, completely, she is so.. simply... beautiful.
...Her absolute love, faith, and commitment to Dre is so heart-touching.
She knew right from the beginning that her and Dre were compatible... and even through immigration/visa bureaucracies.. and long-distance gaps in real person love... she just did not budge in her faith and love for Dre...
It is so beautiful.

May Mai and Dre continue evolving in the most quirky creative exciting fun ways together... till the end of their lives.

Let us give thanks, that these two wonderful humyns, that we all love so much, have found each other...
Let us give thanks for all being here today... to celebrate these lovely beings...
And Let us give thanks for being ALIVE and well... with such abundance and privilege and freedom...

to live...
and to love <3 p="">