Are you getting choked up about poor Princess Beatrice of England, who may need to postpone her wedding yet again?

Me neither.

We’re all figuring out this new Coronavirus lifestyle. And a good many of us are doing what we can to make the best of it.

Take John & Aubrie, for example. They’ve been planning their April 18 wedding for nearly a year. Very traditional, very sweet.

No one could have guessed COVID-19 had other plans in mind.

After the mandated maximum crowd size in Indiana shrunk from 250 to 50 and then down to 10 yesterday, John & Aubrie knew they had some decisions to make.

This group message from John arrived via Facebook private message last night:

Friends, family, countrymen/women, romans, lend me them ears. Due to the world ending, Aubrie and I will be having a small ceremony instead of what we planned. You’re all uninvited (except for those I message later), but we may do a Facebook live? Stay away and don’t cough on us. We may have a party in the future after civilization rebuilds. Until then, stay safe and wash ya damn hands.

Well, I cried.

No, not because of the wedding downsize. I cried because my son was quoting Shakespeare! It was an Ides of March miracle (a day late, but still).

My response: To continue the Shakespeare theme: “Let me embrace thee, foul adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.”

And then I dashed into the bathroom to wash my hands.

… with my Shakespeare soap.

That’s right. My farmer husband (who’s not exactly into Shakespeare) gifted me with several bars of Lady Macbeth’s Guest Soap a few years ago at Christmas.

In case you’re not familiar with William Shakespeare’s tragedy Macbeth, it’s the story of a ridiculously power-hungry political couple, the Macbeths. Lady Macbeth is oft quoted as screeching “Out, damned spot!” when trying to scrub the blood (yes, there’s a murder) from her stained hands. There’s a lot more to the play, of course. It’s one of Shakespeare’s best.

And so we move forward, downsized in guest list but not in love. Gary and I smile contentedly, seeing how John & Aubrie worked out this blip in their marital radar so smoothly. Those two are going to be just fine.

To once again quote The Bard:

The course of true love never did run smooth.

And true love it is, indeed.

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