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"A few weeks ago, I received an invitation to a party at the home of a dear friend that I haven&amp;#039;t seen in years. We exchange Christmas cards every year, though. I sang at her wedding, and I still remember that day with a lump in my throat. Jane married late in life, but like the saying goes\u2026..good things are worth the wait. She was so in love that day, and I stood at the podium, singing the beautiful wedding song &amp;quot;There Is Love&amp;quot;. I got to the part of the song that goes: Well, then, what could be the reason for becoming man and wife Is it love that brings you here Or love that brings you life And if loving is the answer then who&amp;#039;s the giving for Do you believe in something that you&amp;#039;ve never seen before Then there&amp;#039;s love There is love I saw Peter, sitting just a few rows from the front, and I choked up and couldn&amp;#039;t finish the last line. It had only been a few months since Anna was born. The hurt of the affair he&amp;#039;d had just a few months before was still fresh, and a special kind of agony that day. Jane knew all about it, and had even questioned why I stayed with him. Her sympathetic face nearly did me in as I managed to finish the song. I know she knew how badly I was hurting, on this, one of the happiest days of her life. I remember fervently hoping that she wasn&amp;#039;t doubting her outcome with her husband, painting their future with our tainted brush. She deserved forever, even if I wasn&amp;#039;t sure if I&amp;#039;d end up with it. Well, I was kid-free this weekend, and I walked through the door at Jane&amp;#039;s house, where we proceeded to pick up right where we left off, too many years ago. She was never one to mince words, telling me that when she read my holiday newsletter and saw that Peter and I split up, she was very glad to see it. I told her, with a good deal of chagrin, that she wasn&amp;#039;t the only one to tell me that. And I watched her with her husband, in their cozy home, surrounded by their families and friends. I know I gave that song my all for her, and I guess it worked. For one of us, at least, there is love. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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