Lucky in Love.

Twenty-two years ago we got married.  At the time we are so innocent, hooking up and stating we will stay together forever, through sickness and in health, the good times and the bad. What do we know?  How can we possible state that? 

I do know that if I had prior knowledge of what I would put my husband and family through, there is a real good chance I would have stayed alone. Yet looking back and where we all are now, that would have cheated us all of an experience of growth.

Growing isn't done in the calm waters, or just sitting on the shore, nope, it is done in the  midst of great turmoil and angst.  It is then you get to see just who it is you are and for certain who is strong enough to be your man.

There is a song…."Are you strong enough to be my man" I believe it is by Cheryl Crow.

The Universe seen to it that I had a strong man at my side.  For that I am forever grateful.  We each had to do our own walking, but it helped that he could simply walk by my side.  Just be there. We had no clue how this would all end up. 

He married one woman and ended up with a totally different one, and I guess he too has changed lots, yet the core of ourselves have remained the same.  The very thing I was attracted to was his independence, that he followed no man. 

He taught me to stand alone, strong and be me.  And he is so accepting of others, allowing space, that too is what I needed the most.  Just a place to figure me out. 

After 22 years, a mountain of growth, miles of learning, we in the end are still perfectly perfect for each other, Today.

I have come to learn, that today is all we can promise.  I love you today.  That is an honest phrase, for we can't promise out too far, and in this moment, the way things stand, I know that I love you.  I will always be honest, to me. 

What a lucky lady I am!  Lucky in Love.