Love Unreasonably

Love Unreasonably

I spent yesterday honoring and remembering a powerful figure in my life. A man who stood in a hail of bullets in the jungles of Vietnam, a man who held my hand on my wedding day.

My father died when I was nine. Years later, Marv came into our lives and lingered for a decade (or two). He and my mother never officially married; and, indeed, eventually they went their separate ways. He and I did not. For nearly four decades, I stopped by his house to help him rake and to hear my kids say trick or treat. He stopped by mine, brought me birthday cards and called me by that nickname I hated. He teased and laughed.

He loved me unreasonably.

He didn't "belong" to me in any sort of legal sense. There was no obligation, no demands. If you asked around, he wasn't really my dad. He just never forgot that we mattered. He and I. We mattered.

He loved me unreasonably.

I cannot tell you the exacting details of how this transformation occurred. I have no instruction manual on how you become the "we" that matters, on how families grow, how people fall in love. I would fail endlessly at a prescription for devotion. I can only tell you this:

love unreasonably.

On your hardest days, in your darkest moments, when you don't think anyone is watching, when it doesn't appear to matter:

love unreasonably.

On your brightest days, when nothing could possibly go wrong, when you are the star of your own show, when it seems like you are the gravity to all that matters:

love unreasonably.

Create a "we" with your gentle presence.

and say, "I do."

At The Barns of Lost Creek, we see this unreasonable love - the kind that weaves families together in spectacular ways. It’s why we do what we do. Standing with you on your wedding day as you create a "we" is at the heart of our desires, the heart of this venue. We adore our small part of your big day!

It is our great pleasure to invite you to come celebrate your unreasonable love and unending devotion.