The Moment During Which Both My Sisters and My Husband Turned To Me In Fear That I Would Walk Out

The privilege of having your flight to California delayed six hours and your subsequent flight from California delayed four and a half hours: $379

The amount of the food voucher American Airlines gave you, upon demand, for the delay of the first flight: $10

The cash you stuff into an envelope as a wedding gift for your cousin: $200

The opportunity of hearing the reverend officiating at the wedding ceremony read from what sounded to be Ephesians 5, during which he exhorted the husband to love his wife, and the wife to submit, respect, and honor her husband, and concluded by saying, “you have made the two one” to which you mentally add, “although admittedly one of you is only worth 3/5ths of the other”: Priceless

Posted by: ssjane | July 9, 2008 | 12:15 pm
Posted in: This Life