We just returned from a week in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. There we attended the wedding of the son of close friends. His bride was gracious, attractive and of strong character. Together, they possess the wherewithal that will be needed in the tumultous days ahead.

 We stayed with friends in a large villa above the town. Talk of the impending crisis was not obviated by the weeks wondrous events. The wedding would be celebrated and life would proceed irrespective of the problems we were all aware of.

The reception was held at a private villa on the beach with tables lit by candlelight and a ten piece mariachi band led off the evening's festivites. We remembered the photographer from the wedding of our friends' daughter two years before in Florence, Italy. He had flown in from Italy to photograph this wedding and was enjoying it as much as the participants. By the time the night ended, three generations had taken the dance floor including great-Aunts and grandmothers. It was a sight to behold and enjoy.

Such is life and we should not pause in our celebration of what it brings us. Its gifts are many, even among the hardships to come.

Darryl Robert Schoon

www.survivethecrisis.com

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