but who’s counting, right?
 
“How can I ever express the happiness of a marriage joined by the Church, strengthened by an offering, sealed by a blessing, announced by angels, and ratified by the Father? . . . How wonderful the bond between two believers, now one in hope, one in desire, one in discipline, one in the same service! They are both children of one Father and servants of the same Master, undivided in spirit and flesh, truly two in one flesh. Where the flesh is one, one also is the spirit.” –Tertullian
 

 
“I woke up this morning
With this feeling inside me, that I can’t explain
Like a weight that I’ve carried, been carried away, away
But I know something is coming
It’s my marriage to Katie, forever,
And I know it’s amazing, can save me, my time is coming
I’ll find my way out
Of this longest drought
And it feels like today!”
–Rascal Flats (modified)