The Skeeter Daddle Diaries

When I was a grade school kid in Georgia some 60 years ago, my teacher, Miss Betty Lou Parker had all of us little crackers give Valentine’s Day cards to each and every fellow student in the class, male, female, didn’t matter. Be My Valentine. We each got about 30 of those, the one day of the year we were encouraged to offer — and accept — a simple gesture of love.
What innocent creatures we were! What a long time it would take to arrive here today. If you had told me — even 5 years ago — gay marriage would be legal, much less that I would be officiating one, well, times DO change.
They say Love Conquers All. That may or may not be true if you ask this cynical old fool … but I will tell you, it beats the alternatives. Be MY Valentine. Be My Friend. Be My Partner. Be the Love of my Life.
We’re here today … to celebrate a love that did conquer all. .. and we’re here today to celebrate Amy and Laura’s love for one another and our love for them.
So without further ramblings on my part, let’s marry these two lovebirds before they change their minds … or Congress changes the laws of the land … or the Supreme Court rules Valentine’s Day unconstitutional.
[Later] So, by the power invested in internet ordinations and this consecrated cowboy hat, I pronounce you married in the state of California and in the hearts of all of us present today. Go ahead and make out a little, it’s legal.

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