From the days of your childhood, ____ and ____ , you have heard a good many stories which began, “Once upon a time....” Before you embark upon your married life together, moving from this community which has nurtured you and still loves you, I shall make certain you hear one more.

Once upon a time there was a man and a woman. As their lives grew out beyond the boundaries of their separate families, they came to know each other, and as time passed, to love each other. In many ways they were much alike, in other ways very different. In the ways they were alike, they found one another to be delightful companions. In the ways they were different, they were thrilled with the venture of new worlds to be shared. But in all ways, and at every turn in the road, they found love in each other.

One …