What a few couple of days!

From the joy of a beautiful Royal Wedding to the elation of a mans demise. This weekend was history in the making.

I got up early Friday morning to watch the union of Kate Middleton and Prince William in holy matrimony. I hadn't really intended to get up as I had the Tivo set for the whole affair but, for some reason, when 4 am rolled around I was wide awake, so I took it as a sign I was to get up and watch this Historic Event. Just as I had done so many years ago at Lady Di's and Prince Charles nuptials. The two weddings couldn't have been more similar and yet very different.

Lady Di's wedding was a FANTASY. I'm not sure if it was because I saw it thru the eyes of a young married woman full of hopeful anticipation of what life would bring to us all. There was so much promise in that day. The horse drawn carriages, the armies of men on horseback and the unbelievable train on her wedding dress! I imagined our kids growing up at about the same time and watching her family and her as they faced the challenges of the world they lived in. The promise that all newlyweds see in their future, eternal family, never ending love and happy security forever. But, time and reality seems to have a way for kicking all those theories like the can on the street ... down into the gutter. Life didn't end well for the fairy princess... and the prince while finding a new princess found companionship but who knows if his life was any better, any happier or was it just a whole new set of obstacles that had to be over come? But on that Day so many years ago. There was a hopefullness about the future.

And just as on Lady Di's day ... Kate M's day was fanciful, yes. But, some how so much more real. She invited her local butcher for goodness sake, and the bar owner in her small town. Can't get much more real than that. So while all the same pomp and circumstance was there on their day Friday April 29, 2011 as it was on Dianna and Charles day way back on July 29, 1981. There was a definite sense that their marriage was based on mutual love and not just duty. That they headed into their life together with a determination if you will to have a lasting and sincere existence. The one thing I would personally like to mention here is her dress. It was perfect, understated and elegant. It was a regal choice. She was a beautiful bride. I do hope for the best, that they will stay together always.


So then there came Sunday May 1, 2011... The man who master minded the killing of thousands at the World Trade Center, the Pentegan and in Pennsylvania on 9-11-2001 was killed and millions cheered. It was a necessary step that had to be followed and many have the right to be happy. But a person died and we as humans must all have to pause and say there but by the grace of God go I, for Evil and Good live in all of us. And we do not know why some of us are blessed with the light while others are engulfed by darkness.... May God have mercy on us all.