An improv scene I saw many years ago featured one man instructing another on the proper way to be a groomsman. "You don't have to do anything," the character said, "you just kind of stand up there and...root for love."
The phrase "root for love" stuck with me, and subsequent weddings found me saying/writing/shouting "Hooray for love!" at every opportunity. I believe I use a Sharpie and a JC Penney shopping bag to make a "Hooray for love!" sign. The same wedding also found me using an offertory envelope and a pencil to make a Homer Simpson-style pennant that just read "Weddings."
At a wedding yesterday, I toned down my cheering methods, but the phrase "Hooray for love" definitely made it onto the matting of the picture they asked the guests to sign AND into my best man toast. Rather than worry about schmoopy sentimentalism, I'll go with joy for the bride and groom, happiness for their marriage, and ginger ale for my toast drink.
It's so happiness-inducing to see people who obviously love one another very much make this huge commitment, and then throw a big party for all their friends and family. R&W, thanks for letting me be part of your day, and thanks for the shoes. Hooray for love, and hooray for you.
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That's where James picked that up! The mystery is solved.
Hooray for love!
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