Terrific Tuesday
It's a gorgeous sunny morning to contemplate the meaning of relationships and life. Relationships are easy come easy go but also can be lots of work and difficult to hold on to.
Today my parents have been married for 52 years. They adore each other as much as they depend on each other. Over the years they have had many trials, troubles, and joys but through it all they made it work.
I attempted to keep my first marriage together like my parents but it sucked the life out of me. After 23 years I somehow lost who I was and became a shell of what he wanted. After my children, friends, brother and parents pointed out what I had become, I had no choice but to leave and start over. I felt that love and happiness like my parents had was not for me. I would live alone and enjoy my kids and granddaughter
This was not to be. I decided it was time to visit my friends from high school,who I had not seen in 27 years. Little did I know it would bring my boyfriend I dated my Jr year in high school into my freshman year in college back into my life. We both had out marriages end but did not know the others issues until we both were well into the divorce process.
We married 11 months later. I didn't have a large wedding just a couple minutes before a justice of peace. In those few minutes I married the love of my life. I found out you can have a marriage filled with love, laughter, fun, troubles, sorrow, joy and mutual understanding. All you have to do is communicate and listen. This has been the best little over two years of my married life. I am looking forward to many more years. I never grow bored and spending time with Andy. I enjoy watching him even if it is an activity I don't enjoy. Keeping a house were it is filled with love is easy. I am not saying we don't have trails because with a blended family of five kids we do have issues to deal with. We both have mothers with cancer. Two daughters in college with life long health issues. A son that owns his own business, I do his books. A son in high school and a son that is lost in his life decisions. We pull together to reach a common goal for our family and this makes it work.
I have loved Andy since I was 16 and will love him until I die.
Today my parents have been married for 52 years. They adore each other as much as they depend on each other. Over the years they have had many trials, troubles, and joys but through it all they made it work.
I attempted to keep my first marriage together like my parents but it sucked the life out of me. After 23 years I somehow lost who I was and became a shell of what he wanted. After my children, friends, brother and parents pointed out what I had become, I had no choice but to leave and start over. I felt that love and happiness like my parents had was not for me. I would live alone and enjoy my kids and granddaughter
This was not to be. I decided it was time to visit my friends from high school,who I had not seen in 27 years. Little did I know it would bring my boyfriend I dated my Jr year in high school into my freshman year in college back into my life. We both had out marriages end but did not know the others issues until we both were well into the divorce process.
We married 11 months later. I didn't have a large wedding just a couple minutes before a justice of peace. In those few minutes I married the love of my life. I found out you can have a marriage filled with love, laughter, fun, troubles, sorrow, joy and mutual understanding. All you have to do is communicate and listen. This has been the best little over two years of my married life. I am looking forward to many more years. I never grow bored and spending time with Andy. I enjoy watching him even if it is an activity I don't enjoy. Keeping a house were it is filled with love is easy. I am not saying we don't have trails because with a blended family of five kids we do have issues to deal with. We both have mothers with cancer. Two daughters in college with life long health issues. A son that owns his own business, I do his books. A son in high school and a son that is lost in his life decisions. We pull together to reach a common goal for our family and this makes it work.
I have loved Andy since I was 16 and will love him until I die.
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