This was written years ago. It still represents how I feel. I read somewhere that good marriages that survive beyond twenty years do so because through the years they have protected and nutured their "couplehood". I agree

The Birch and The Oak The young couple, her face tilted up, kiss "How beautiful is young love," says my friend. Beautiful, maybe, but for sheer passion, Watch the glance that passes between the couple of 50 years. The young, unlined, unformed faces Shine with love. The worn, wrinkled faces Glow with the security of a long relationship. The young tremble with excitement; The aged couple's serenity is moving. The new buds are fragile in their beauty; The ancient oak is sturdy in its solidity. The tender and delicate green leaves of the birches Pale next to the sturdy, firm deep green Oak leaves.

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