crydun
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The Broken Circle
Recently, as I watched our former president Ronald Reagan being laid to rest, I was struck at the love story that surrounded his life. I watched a frail but determined Nancy Reagan parade his flag-draped coffin around the country. I watched her sit for hours while mourners in mass quantities came to pay their respects. Weak, but determined, she followed him wherever he was placed.
Ronnie and Nancy Reagan had a unique relationship that more couples in America and the world, for that matter, wish they could have. Their love was like a circle, each one representing half of the circle. Watching them together, it was difficult to determine where one ended and the other began. Anywhere they went, they went together. Their love was so deep it was almost tangible. That is, it could be seen from the outside looking in.
In his speech at Reagan’s funeral, President George W. Bush stated, “He visited with world dignitaries, foreign leaders and many other people. But, only one person could make him feel lonely just by leaving the room. His wife, Nancy.” Few modern couples can say that. We live in a society that views marriage like everything else: dispensable. Those in the Reagan’s generation didn’t see it that way. They saw marriage as a lifetime commitment, not to be thrown away by anything, excluding death. Now, we have what has been termed “starter marriages.” You get married and if it doesn’t work, you can get a divorce and call it your “starter marriage.” I don’t think that’s what God had in mind when He created marriage. I think the Reagan’s are closer to the mark.
Now, with the president gone, the circle is broken. Only half of it remains. Nancy must now find her new place in the world until she and her beloved Ronnie can be reunited. This is a painful process for someone whose entire existence revolved around another person.
As a woman of the twenty-first century, I am disappointed in women of my generation. I think that we need to step up to the plate as wives and mothers. We need to put our families ahead of ourselves and cling to the family values that our country was founded on. We need to demonstrate that twenty-first century women can be just as loyal and loving as those in previous generations.
I took the love story between the Reagans as a challenge to younger Americans. Love doesn’t ask questions. Love doesn’t have conditions. Love merely reaches out and touches the life of another soul asking nothing in return. Will you accept the challenge?
Recently, as I watched our former president Ronald Reagan being laid to rest, I was struck at the love story that surrounded his life. I watched a frail but determined Nancy Reagan parade his flag-draped coffin around the country. I watched her sit for hours while mourners in mass quantities came to pay their respects. Weak, but determined, she followed him wherever he was placed.
Ronnie and Nancy Reagan had a unique relationship that more couples in America and the world, for that matter, wish they could have. Their love was like a circle, each one representing half of the circle. Watching them together, it was difficult to determine where one ended and the other began. Anywhere they went, they went together. Their love was so deep it was almost tangible. That is, it could be seen from the outside looking in.
In his speech at Reagan’s funeral, President George W. Bush stated, “He visited with world dignitaries, foreign leaders and many other people. But, only one person could make him feel lonely just by leaving the room. His wife, Nancy.” Few modern couples can say that. We live in a society that views marriage like everything else: dispensable. Those in the Reagan’s generation didn’t see it that way. They saw marriage as a lifetime commitment, not to be thrown away by anything, excluding death. Now, we have what has been termed “starter marriages.” You get married and if it doesn’t work, you can get a divorce and call it your “starter marriage.” I don’t think that’s what God had in mind when He created marriage. I think the Reagan’s are closer to the mark.
Now, with the president gone, the circle is broken. Only half of it remains. Nancy must now find her new place in the world until she and her beloved Ronnie can be reunited. This is a painful process for someone whose entire existence revolved around another person.
As a woman of the twenty-first century, I am disappointed in women of my generation. I think that we need to step up to the plate as wives and mothers. We need to put our families ahead of ourselves and cling to the family values that our country was founded on. We need to demonstrate that twenty-first century women can be just as loyal and loving as those in previous generations.
I took the love story between the Reagans as a challenge to younger Americans. Love doesn’t ask questions. Love doesn’t have conditions. Love merely reaches out and touches the life of another soul asking nothing in return. Will you accept the challenge?
