TENDER SYMBOLISM
I was escorted to a wedding by my 24-year-old bachelor son. He appeared unaffected by the ceremony until the bride and groom lighted a single candle with their candles and then blew out their own. With that he brightened and whispered, “I’ve never seen that done before.” I whispered back, “You know what it means, don’t you?” His response: “No more old flames?” Reader’s Digest, Nov, 1980
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