An Institution

Institutions that Americans used to rely on to create the connectivity and form the glue that held all of us together are in tatters.  Some have deliberately fallen down and failed in their duty and others are being held hostage by people that don’t agree with the premise of the American Experiment.

Institutions give us tradition and contribute to our culture.  They help keep a beat while the rhythm of life happens.  Marriage and the nuclear family play a pivotal role in bringing the standards of living in society significantly higher.  Without the nuclear family, society becomes rudderless.

The institution of marriage has been under attack this year.  BLM actively campaigns against it on its own website.  Over 500,000 weddings have been canceled because of COVID 19 restrictions.  My daughter had to cancel her wedding twice.  They were left with a choice.

• Figure out a way to do it this year and have some sort of memorable celebration instead of just walking to a courthouse and getting a document
• Postpone it again into 2021 with no certainty that restrictions would play a part in screwing that up.

They decided to get married at our cabin in northern Minnesota and we are doing it today.  It’s just the parents and the two siblings of the bride and groom (and dogs).  I raided my wine cellar in Chicago and brought up a bunch of food from various purveyors I know in town.  In early June when we knew the change of venue was going to be to our cabin, it put a bit of urgency on our efforts to rehab the cabin next door.  It got done except for a few small things that will happen as the summer rolls on.

It will be nice to celebrate them, remember my own marriage day, and honor and respect the institution of marriage that has been with us for a long time.