It's funny how life unfolds. Now, my Mom would have asked if I mean "funny, sad" or "funny, haha". Maybe it's some of each.
When you walk down that aisle it doesn't necessarily end at the altar. It is one step of many, down the aisle, out of the "church", around the block, across the state. Sometimes "I do" is a gentle embrace, sometimes it is a wild celebration. Sometimes it's being dragged kicking and screaming to that new place in life.
It is about finding your way. We've had a lot of that with getting married, selling a house, moving to a new city, starting new jobs. It's been harder than I thought to make new friends. But I did ask the receptionist at the chiropractor if she'd like to have coffee sometime. Life requires big and little leaps of faith. She said yes, by the way.
Guess when you look hard enough you find those second chances and new beginnings. It is just a matter of baby stepping your way through those walks of life.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Monday, July 23, 2012
Oldly-Weds
We are just into our second year of marriage. I think it's time to report in. Maybe this blog isn't just about getting married. Perhaps it should be about being married and working to say married. Because it is work, ya know.
I think we are oldly-weds now. Not newly married, and older than most newly weds. We are second timers with a new lease on life. It's had it's challenges. Up days, down days, what the hell were we thinking days. Even though we cohabitated for several years it has been a change.
We moved from a spacious house to a little rental house. From a big city to a little city. Truly people should be required to move away from home in their 20's at least once. I was an underachiever in that regard.
The best part is life as a team, a couple, as spouses. It is still a celebration. Well, when I'm not on the outside of the one bathroom door asking when it is my turn. The wedding was one of the best days of our life, but it was just one day. The rest is unfolding for us day-by-day. Good days, bad days, rich and poor days. Perhaps, we are newly weds as long as we choose to be. No matter how old we are.
I think we are oldly-weds now. Not newly married, and older than most newly weds. We are second timers with a new lease on life. It's had it's challenges. Up days, down days, what the hell were we thinking days. Even though we cohabitated for several years it has been a change.
We moved from a spacious house to a little rental house. From a big city to a little city. Truly people should be required to move away from home in their 20's at least once. I was an underachiever in that regard.
The best part is life as a team, a couple, as spouses. It is still a celebration. Well, when I'm not on the outside of the one bathroom door asking when it is my turn. The wedding was one of the best days of our life, but it was just one day. The rest is unfolding for us day-by-day. Good days, bad days, rich and poor days. Perhaps, we are newly weds as long as we choose to be. No matter how old we are.
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