As I slid the folded paper back into my pocket, the pastor asked for her vows. Her sister, standing nearby reached out with the handwritten vows, passed them to her, and she read. I can’t remember the first time I saw you. Some people have a clear memory of the first time they met the one theyContinue reading “A Love Story: Part Four”
Author Archives: Ben Wilder
A Love Story: Part Three
I didn’t know when I first saw you all that would come of our relationship. I didn’t know how any girl after you just plain missed the mark, unable to achieve the height of the bar you set. I didn’t know the road I’d take and that this road… it didn’t include you yet. YouContinue reading “A Love Story: Part Three”
A Love Story: Part Two
I’ve thought about this day for a while. But not the way that most people do. Or the way she’s been thinking of it. Yes, it’s a memorable day, a once-in-a-lifetime event. It’ll be exciting and full of happiness. Some things will happen unexpectedly, but in the end, all will finish well. But all I can thinkContinue reading “A Love Story: Part Two”
A Love Story: Part One
Silence. The pause between soft music in the background that in a few long seconds will become the soundtrack to a scene I never forget. The doors at the far end of the center aisle swing open. Suddenly there was much significance in noticing the direction the doors opened because they opened out, not in. It’sContinue reading “A Love Story: Part One”
205 Days and Counting
No, the title of this post has nothing to do with car racing or lines that are funny if you add “in bed” at the end. Driftwood Detectatory, II has reached a milestone- over 20,000 post views! A huge thanks to you, the reader, for clicking on my posts, commenting on them, and passing themContinue reading “205 Days and Counting”
Out of the Wilderness 