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Show Marriage, Motherhood, and Migraines unable n Q le bl :r- to n n ne :e ;a ne Ir 0- 107 be present. While and Harold sat next to Madelyn each other, Elder Richards gave words of greeting and fatherly counsel, admonished the two to treat each other with love and kindness throughout their lives, reminded them of the covenant they had made to live righteous ly and to be active in building the Kingdom, and then invited them to kneel at the altar in the center of the room, facing each other. He pronounced the sim to ple words of the ceremony which promised, on condition of righteousness, marriage for Madelyn in her wedding dress, February 20, 1929_ time and eternity, with the potential of everlasting joy. The couple kissed over the altar, exchanged wedding rings, embraced each other, and greeted the wedding party. They were commit ted to raising a family in righteousness. Madelyn wrote, "I was so happy, so sure of Harold's fineness and his love.?" As they left the temple they were met by a shower of rice. Harold seized Madelyn's arm and they ran to the car, jumped in, and hurried up South Temple Street, the new name of Brigham Street. Amusing sentences and words were marked on the car windows by Louise and Vauna and their husbands: "Love is so grand" "0 do he do , "Justly married" '" to stop, look and " "Too late listen," and "Two loves are one." After the temple sealing ceremony and greetings outside, Madelyn and Harold, still feeling uncompleted in full commit ment to each other, drove up to a familiar spot on the hill east of the city-as far as the snow would permit-where they could look over the valley. "There, on a hillside 1 love," wrote Madelyn, "with all the clear vision that life had given us, with all the rich glory that love had taught us, we pledged the mar riage vows of our hearts.":' |
