Blog 357 - 30 August 2026 - The Wedding Vows No One Heard
Blog 357 - 30 August 2026 - The Wedding Vows No One Heard Margaret and I were married three times in front of witnesses. But none of those ceremonies was our real wedding. Our most important wedding ceremony was the one to which nobody else was invited. There was no celebrant. No family or friends. No photographer. No flowers, wedding clothes or carefully chosen music. There were only two people – just Margaret and me. And we were still in bed. It was about seven o’clock in the morning of Saturday, 22 March 2008. I had just woken and Margaret was still asleep beside me, breathing softly. She was completely unaware something had changed inside me. That morning, Margaret and I made promises to each other that nobody else would hear. They became the foundation of our remaining life together - fifteen years. I know our vows helped keep Margaret alive through years of terrible illness when, on many occasions, she probably should have died. Before ...
