Invitation To Love

A beautiful poem from the Paul Laurence Dunbar Digital Collection

Invitation To Love

Come when the nights are bright with stars
or when the moon is mellow;
Come when the sun his golden bars
drops on the hay-field yellow.
Come in the twilight soft and gray,
Come in the night of come in the day,
Come, O Love, whene're you may,
And you are welcome, welcome.

You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,
You are soft as the nesting dove.
Come to my heart and bring it rest.
As the bird flies home to its welcome nest.

Come when my heart is full of grief
Or when my heart is merry;
Come with the falling of the leaf,
Or with the redd'ning cherry.

Come when the year's first blossom blows,
Come when the summer gleams and glows,
Come with the winter's drifting snows,
And you are welcome, welcome.

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Cute Wedding Reading

Here is one that we used with a couple who had their dog's serve a ringbearer and flower girls......it was so very cute!


Love is Like Owning a Dog

First of all, it's a big responsibility
so think long and hard before deciding on love.
On the other hand, love gives you a sesnse of security;
When you're walking down the street late at night,
and you have a leash on love,
ain't no one going to mess with you.

Love doesn't like being left along for long.
But comes home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things in it's passion for life,
but you can never be mad at love for long.

Is love good all the time?  No!  No!
Love can be bad.  Bad, love, bad!  Very bad love!

Love pulls you in many different directions at once,
or winds around and around you
until you're all wound up and can't move.

Love makes you meet people wherever you go.
People who have nothing in common but love
stop and talk to each other on the street.

But most of all, love needs love, lots of it
and in return, love loves you and never stops.

A Lovely Love Story Cute Wedding Reading

This is a cute reading that is being done by two adults with a good sense of humor.

A Lovely Love Story by Edward Monkton

MATT: The fierce Dinosaur was TRAPPED inside his CAGE of ICE. Although it was COLD he was HAPPY in there, it was, after all, HIS cage.

KAREN: Then along came the Lovely Other Dinosaur. The Lovely Other Dinosaur MELTED the Dinosaur's cage with KIND words and LOVING thoughts.

KAREN: I LIKE this Dinosaur, thought the the Lovely Other Dinosaur. Although he is fierce he is also TENDER and he is FUNNY. He is also quite CLEVER though I will not tell him this for now.

MATT: I like this Lovely Other Dinosaur, thought the Dinosaur. She is BEAUTIFUL and she is DIFFERENT and she SMELLS so nice. She is also a FREE SPIRIT which is a quality I much admire in a dinosaur.

KAREN: But he can be so DISTANT and so PECULIAR at times, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. He is also overly fond of THINGS. Are all Dinosaurs so uncommonly fond of THINGS?


MATT: But her mind SKIPS from here to there so quickly, thought the Dinosaur. She is also uncommonly keep on SHOPPING. Are all Lovely Other Dinosaurs so uncommonly keen on SHOPPING?

KAREN: I will FORGIVE his peculiarity and his concern for THINGS, thought the Lovely Other Dinosaur. For they are part of what makes him a richly charactered INDIVIDUAL.

MATT: I will FORGIVE her SKIPPING MIND and her FONDNESS of shopping, thought the Dinosaur. For she fills our life with BEAUTIFUL thoughts and WONDERFUL surprises. Besides, I am not unkeen on SHOPPING either.

KAREN: Now the Dinosaur and the Lovely Other Dinosaur are OLD.

LOOK at them.

KAREN: TOGETHER they stand on the hill telling each other STORIES and feeling the WARMTH of the sun on their backs.

MATT: And that, my FRIENDS, is how it is with LOVE. Let us ALL be Dinosaurs and Lovely Other Dinosaurs TOGETHER.

MATT: For the Sun is WARM and the World is a BEAUTIFUL place. THE END.

Holiday Inn Harborside

"From the moment I saw Frank, I knew he was the one......" that was the sentiment that Diane expressed to Rev. Dave. They never took their eyes off each other through the whole ceremony! It was a moving, religious, ceremony. They shared their vows and heard a beautiful poem from the daughters, Jennifer and Jaimie, entitled "You Finally Found Each Other" by Nicholas Gordon. The wedding was held at the Holiday Inn Harborside, and the Day Of Services were provided by EventsbySpecialMoments.com Tammy and Erin made some last minute changes as the weather had gotten too cool for the wedding to be on the beach. They improvised, as they do so well, and moved the ceremony to the grassy area at the Hotel. Best wishes Diane and Frank.

You Finally Found Each Other Wedding Reading

You Finally Found Each Other by Nicholas Gordon

You finally found each other, after searching hard for love.
In this uncertain world you've come to one you're certain of.
How can you know the someone who you'll cherish throughout life?
What indices identify a husband or a wife?

Sometimes there's a gravity: Sudden, fierce, obsessed;
As if you're falling towards some star, by its strong pull possessed.


Or sometimes there's a childhood sense of unselfconscious grace,
Sustained within the safety zone of unprovoked embrace.

Sometimes there's the terror of the searing pain of grief,
As if the loss of love were death; sheer scream without relief.

Or there's a sense of loveliness too precious to be lost:
A gift of all that makes life good, beyond constraint or cost.

Whatever signs you read, they all point in the same direction:
The self that lies beyond the self, in love and shared affection.

True love lies far beyond the will, yet you must choose to love.
Each day to put aside the self, and with the angels move.