One Tree

My husband's best friend and his wife were visiting us over the weekend, and late last night we found ourselves deep in an alcohol-induced tell-all session. I love those. They can really go either way depending on what you're drinking and which day of the week it is, but being that it was good red wine on a mellow Sunday night, the conversation turned into a pretty sentimental reminder of what we love best about each other and why we chose to get married. Aaaawww.

So, I'll come down from my syrupy hangover cloud to share a love quote from another good friend's wedding:

Love is a temporary madness, it erupts like a volcano and then subsides and when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots have so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part, because this is what love is. Love is not the breathlessness, it is not excitement, it is not the promise of eternal passion, and it is not the desire to mate every minute or every second of the day. That is just being "in love"which any fool can do…Love itself is what's left over when being in love has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident. Those that truly love, have roots that grow towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossoms have fallen from their branches, they find that they are one tree and not two.

-Louis De Bernieres

How sweet it is.