Getting Married on a Bicycle

How do I find the words? The culmination of a six-year romance is now defined as a love that shall last forever. 

When Nicole and I met by an act of random chance in May of 2006, it was as if we had a history even before we knew each other. The spark was instantaneous. A combustion that neither had ever experienced in all our lives.

Special thanks our irrepressible wedding party!

Two years prior to meeting Nicole, I conceived that I would undertake a cross-country cycling journey--alone. In the summer of 2006, the year I planned to undertake this journey, I fell in love, truly, for the first time. My plans for a solo-cross country bicycle sojourn were put on hold, indefinitely.

2006 became 2007. Nicole I were still in love. 2007 became 2008. 2008 became 2009. And so on. And in the ensuing years I learned that no man is island--together, we are permanently affixed. My trip became our trip. My dreams became our dreams. I began to see things in a different light.

Truly, to experience the world alone is a world that can show nothing to me. God only knows what I'd do without you . . .

And so it was that we descended on the shores of Long Island Sound at Rocky Neck State Park with our wedding brigade. How lovely it was to have all the special people in our lives, all with us at the same time. 

Special thanks to Jess, Francis, Joan, Monkey, Alex and King James!

At 4 pm Eastern Standard time, scores of friends and family arrived on the shores of Rocky Neck State Park to witness our celebration. I walked down the aisle, strumming my guitar, hoping to set the mood just right.

Admittedly, I was feeling a little tense. Our initial Justice of the Peace had suffered an unfortunate accident, and could not attend. Thankfully, our good friends Francis and Michael pulled through an 11th hour miracle. With the clock ticking, we were able to secure a wonderful Justice of the Peace. Not since Aaron Boone had come of the bench in game 7 of the 2003 ALCS had anyone seen such a heroic  performance off the bench.

The day Kevin and Nicole got "fixed."

And so I spoke. We gave our vows. I told everyone what I had learned after truly, falling in love.

As a species, humans assign value to artificial entities. We assign value to gold, to silver, to money. These are mere abstractions, and they do not compare to the power of our love. 

Our love is an investment that is guaranteed to appreciate in value. Our love appreciates and grows every day, every hour, every moment.  And so it was that these value matured at 4 o'clock on August 25th, 2012. Finally, a day where two lives became one at last. 

That evening, the sun set, the and moon rose. The sky grew dark, and the stars glistened. Out of the random chaos of nature, there is order, there is certainty. Such is the same our love.

For ever, and ever.

Amen!

Without a doubt, the happiest day of our lives.