The Psalm of the Reverend Husband

My bride has spoken from her seat

From the seat of power has her voice been heard

From the center of unending cacophony I heard her speaking

From the place of unending joy and noise she spoke her oracle:

"Three things does your bride desire,

Indeed four desires the mother of your children this day:

That I might know the adoration of the generations

and the solace of temporary silence.

That I might live in magnificent delight

but retreat to the solace of the spa.

That I might dwell in the voices of my children

but inherit the peace of the coffee house.

That I might know the simplicity of hands that toil

but take joy in the sparkle of the adornment of my husband."

Three things, indeed four

And I heard her voice from the place of glory

From the seat of the Mommy Desk did I hear her heart

and it was so.

Let her reward be the reward of heros,

And her garland that of conquering heros;

For she raises the young, bearing not the sword,

but with fierce love has she raised them;

and with the heart of God has she loved us all!

Amen.