… it’s been 32 years and although we’ve had our share of ups & downs I can still say it’s been “BLISS”
We married young and had our beautiful family young… which means we are still “young” at this stage in our life. With grown children who have blessed us with beautiful grand children we can look back and see the hand of God has been with us through the years.
To any of you who have weathered the storms of life as long as we have you know it really does take work to keep your relationship ‘fresh’ and strong through the years. To any of you just beginning your life as a married couple ~ I want to encourage you that it is well worth the effort required to last this long. And to those of you still “waiting” for your “soul mate” to come along I really would say concentrate more on living each day to the fullest ~ enjoy what God has given you.
It’s funny how often our “soul mates” arrive when we aren’t “searching” for them but rather when we are busy enjoying our lives… how do I know this? Well my true love showed up within days of my telling my grandmother I was not dating anyone & had no interest at all in dating someone. I meant it with my whole heart. I was enjoying my life and had my own “plans” and a “special someone” was not in my plans at that time. So imagine my surprise when “Bam” he arrived!!!!
Many of my friends have expressed that they were “taken off guard” in that when they weren’t “looking” for love it came & found them. So if you are “searching” high & low for your “true love” STOP!!! You may be prolonging their arrival as you probably can’t “see” them for your searching.
… life is work … relationships are work… marriage is work… parenting is Work… so WORK at what is truly important to you!
For as I was growing up my dad used to say (or maybe it was my mom who said this??) … “Anything worth doing is worth doing right! '”
Keep in mind that usually doing something right requires WORK so stop fighting it and get to work ;)
Speaking of work … I’ll busy myself with a little bit of cleaning today so my love won’t come home to a mess (like he does every other day of the year ;)
Hope you have a great day. Keep the “frog” away get your UFO’s out and pick one to work on and turn it into a FO!!!!
