Drinking from the same well !

As a wedding present, relatives from New Maxico gave us this unique wedding vase.

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My sister-in-law told me the double opening represented the fact that now we would both drink from the same well.

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Which sounds so funny that time...

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hmmm....sorry I don't like to drink from the same glass if someone else has drink from it untill it is washed again....
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A few months later, I was reading Dr. Laura Schlessinger's book "Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage", and found much same the symbolism:

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"Consider coming together with your spouse at the end of the day as an opportunity to drink from a well. The water doesn't come up out of the well by its own force; you actually have to do sonething active to get the water to soothe your parched lips.

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"....When at the end of the day you yearn for some relief from the day, prepare your mind and heart...get ready in your mind something you're going to say to be fresh water to your spouse's parched being."

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(Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Proper Care and Feeding of Marriage, pg-89)

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Now each time I see our New Mexican wedding vase on my kitchen shelf...I am reminded not only do my beloved husband and I share everything, "drinking from the same well."

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But when I cheer and encourage him after a long day...I find the same refreshment as he responds to me lovingly.

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And we both find joy and rest drinking from the well of our love for each other...hmmm...