Lady Love

Monday afternoon, I officiated Jordana and Dave’s wedding ceremony at the Surrey House and Gardens, in McKinney, Texas. Here are the remarks I shared with them and their guests:

David is a much better writer than he gives himself credit for. Check this out: “My bodacious babe... messaged me out of the blue, which is ironic because she had blue hair at the time.... Our screen names were both pop culture references, so this made our eventual first date a must. We went out for a couple drinks and queso. I knew I wanted to see her again, so we promptly followed that up with miniature golf, street pizza, and pool. The rest, as they say, is history.”

Jordana elaborates on some of those pop cultural references: “I saw a cute bald guy who’s profile pic was him in front of a Doctor Who Tardis... and his username was the title of one of my all time favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes – and Buffy is my all time favorite show, so I was intrigued. He said he liked redheads, but my hair was blue, so I made a little joke about it and he asked me out for drinks the next night. We stayed out until almost 4am and when he asked me for a second date, I was ecstatic.”

OK, that is a lot of pop culture. We’ve got Bill and Ted, Dr. Who, and Buffy. So, I just assumed that the phrase, “lady love”, was an intentional reference to the 1977 Lou Rawls song. Nope. Maybe it was unintentional, David having heard it somewhere, since to this day, of all Lou’s songs this may be his most played. 

Regardless, I’ve listened to how Jordana and David talk about each other. I’ve watched them interact with each other. I’ve read what they have written about each other. It’s almost, Bill and Ted-like, they traveled through time, talked to old Vonghn Gray, who wrote the lyrics for Lou, and he had them in mind:

Lady love, your love is peaceful

Like the summer's breeze

My lady love, with love that's tender

As a baby's touch

You give me all of the things

That I need so much

You're my world, lady love

Lady love, your love is cooling

Like the winter snow

My lady love, with love that's cozy

As a fire's glow

And I keep on needing you, girl

A little more and more

And I thank you, my lady love

You know, it's not easy to keep love flowing smooth

People are people and they all have their moods

But it's so nice just to have someone like you

Who wants a smooth and easy thing

And all the good times that it brings

My lady love, you've been with me

Through all of my ups and downs

My lady love, I once was lost

But now with you I'm found

You got the love I need

And I want to stay around

Heaven sent you down, my lady love

Let me tell you that it's not easy to keep love flowing smooth

You know, people are people, they all have their moods

But it's so nice just to have someone like you

Who wants a smooth and easy thing

And all the good times and the joy that it brings

My lady love, you've been with me

Through all of my ups and downs

And my crazy turn-arounds

My lady love, you got the love I need

So stay around

Heaven sent my lady love

Lady love, sweet lady love

You are so good to me

Lady love, like a warm summer breeze

(So glad I found my lady love, lady love)

(So glad I found my lady love, lady love) 

Jordana reflects these very feelings when she says, “Our relationship is so strong and so loving and it just feels right. I love him and I’ve never felt surer of anything in my life.” And David too channel’s Voughn and Lou, when he simply states, “I want to marry my lady love because, well, she’s my lady love.”