[This item is not really an essay, but it does express an opinion.]
Marriage--and the real sanctity of marriage--is about people, choosing to live in commitment to each other, to take care of each other in "health and sickness",
and to "cherish" and "honor" and "love" each other.
Marriage is not about a wedding which highlights the wedding party, "white lace," and a "kiss for luck"...as this wedding is only one day.
Marriage is really about every day together after that wedding ceremony.
Marriage is an honorable estate in our society, a vowed commitment between adults, which is entered into in a sobriety of purpose.
Marriage is about creating a family of two or more people.
Marriage is a uniquely wonderful agreement intended to last through-out years--about a special bond...and THAT is beautiful.
May 2015 (Other versions of this text have been circulating Facebook, and other social media, since at least 2013.)