Much Love to Kate & Will

Dear Miss Middleton & Your Royal Highness

Congratulations on your forthcoming marriage. From one joyful newlywed to another blissful couple, the world of engagement is a wonderful place.

The next few months preparing for your wedding are going to be exciting and stressful. As crazy as our planning process was I can’t fathom having to plan the wedding of the century.

What has become quite apparent after watching the media coverage of your engagement is that y’all (that’s you plural here in Atlanta) are deliriously in love.

Personally I could not put up with the insane barrage of news outlets scrambling to capture every detail of my engagement and wedding planning.  You two have handled it with grace and impeccable taste.

Bravo, Kate & William – nicely done thus far.

Although we’ve never met, though I hope one day our paths will cross, I feel all newlyweds in the world have one commonality: passion.

We are living solely for the other person, hoping our fresh marriages can truly triumph over all obstacles. Our passion for our partner is what we look forward to coming home from work, waking up to in the morning, and falling asleep to at night.

 “But Willy and Katy look like they are genuinely in love and that's all I look for. That's what being a human being is all about. That is what is important in life.”

This quote is from one of my musical idols John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnny Rotten from the Sex Pistols) in a great editorial he wrote for The Sun.

Johnny is right: being genuinely in love is what’s important in life. Screw social hierarchy, financial security and its misgivings, in a world so petrified of terrorist attacks.

If we can experience genuine love and share its positive lightness with the world, then there are no problems. There is nothing to fear in the world of marital bliss. What a lovely thought.

To quote Johnny again:

“Ultimately they are in love. And love is not a problem. In fact, it is a way out of most problems.”

Y’all have made it eight years together. The next few months are going to be a piece of wedding cake.  

Best wishes and hope we meet soon,

Mrs. Lauren Patrick