31 years ago today I married the most beautiful girl in the world! At that time I thought I loved her more than anything! Little did I know what real love was all about! I had no idea what it truly meant to love someone! To care for someone so deeply you can’t even imagine life without them. A love so strong nothing else can stand between you. I THOUGHT I knew what love was all about but boy did I have a lot to learn !
At that time I couldn’t imagine the joy that was to come! Nor the pain and struggles we would go through in our life together. As the years passed we have had more than our fair share of both!
I often hear people say that a marriage is a 50/50 proposition, with each side giving 50 percent to make a marriage work. After 31 years of marriage I have to disagree with that. I think it take 100% from each partner. As I look back over the years there were times when Lisa truly held our marriage together. She sacrificed much to keep the wheels on our family ! At times she was giving 100% to keep our family going! There were also times when I did. I don’t think that’s wrong I just think it’s how it works. In the life of every relationship there will be times when one partner will be carrying more of the relationship load. May not be fair, may not be what the self-help gurus preach but from my experience it’s what seems to happen.
The hope is by the time you both come to the end of life and the relationship slips away into the memories of the loved ones left behind , the hope is that folks look at your relationship and say “ boy they really loved and supported each other over the years!“
Lisa you have carried way to much weight over the last 31 years and I love you more than I can ever say! Sit back and take it easy I got the next 31!
