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Jill, my daughter-in-law-to-be, was having second thoughts about the marriage. My son Aaron took her out for dinner one evening hoping to convince her.

After the food arrived, Aaron asked the blessing and more. He asked God to provide a special sign that this upcoming marriage was in His will.

Just as the word "Amen" came out of Aaron's mouth, the melodic strains of "The Wedding March" played over the restaurant's sound system. The wedding took place with no further hesitation.

Marilyn Bahney
Colony, Kansas

The wedding I was officiating had just begun. As the bride and her father entered the sanctuary, everyone turned.

At that moment, I noticed panic on the face of the groom's mother. She was pointing to something behind me. I whirled around to face a fireball—part of a decorative arbor had been ignited by a candle.

I quickly knocked the flaming foliage to the floor and stamped out the fire. Amazingly, the commotion I made went completely unnoticed by everyone except for my one witness. Love is definitely blind at the right time.

J. Kirk Johnston
Tampa, Florida

As lifestyle editor of our local paper I prepare engagement, wedding, and anniversary announcements. One anniversary announcement I received confused me.

It said that Mr. and Mrs. John Smith (not their real names) will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. John Smith and Jane Jones were married in 1950 in Coffeyville, Kansas, John on June 3, and Jane on June 5.

I immediately phoned. When the couple's son answered, I asked him about the discrepancy in dates, assuming it was an error.

"The dates are correct," he said. "You may publish them that way."

Baffled, I asked him why his parents didn't check the date on their marriage license if they weren't certain.

"They can't do that," he replied. "Because then one of them would have to admit to having been wrong all these years."

Ursula Turner
Coffeyville, Kansas

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