Honeymoon in the San Juan Islands

hon·ey·moon

ˈhənēˌmo͞on/

noun

noun: honeymoon; plural noun: honeymoons

1. a vacation spent together by a newly married couple.
2. "romantic hand-holding breakfasts together on their honeymoon"
3. from the idea that the first month of marriage is the sweetest
4. 
   

Humorous and not-so-humorous honeymoon anecdotes abound (we missed our flight! we forgot our luggage! we got third-degree burns from the sun!). Amazingly, however, none of these or any other mishaps occured on our honeymoon! Aside from the general fatigue and recovery from the wedding preparations, our honeymoon week was as near-perfect as one can get this side of heaven. Joel planned every detail beautifully, Providential blessings showered down upon us, and we basked in the joy of being together.

After a day in Seattle and two days of tearful goodbyes with our families, we flew home and were so blessed by a wedding reception our church here in Maryland threw for us! 

                            hon·ey·moon

The first month after marriage, when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure.

~ Samuel Johnson

{Dear Mr. Johnson, may I amend your quote to say "the first two months after marriage"? For I can certainly attest to the fact that these sixty days have been nothing but tenderness and pleasure. Methinks my enjoyment of marriage might even stretch into three months, six months, thirty months, or thirty years! Will you wait three decades for my report?}