Oh we were young and dumb when we got married thirty years ago. Not much money but two college degrees and a lot of love. Patience on his part coupled with passion on mine. Our son is now happily married and we hope understands marriage is a covenant with God at the head. It’s work. It’s forgiveness. It’s compromise. It’s selflessness. It’s being the rock for the other when bad news arrives ( which we got yesterday).
I’ve said it before: in a world of seven billion+ people, if you have one that is committed to loving you...treat him or her like gold and “grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel”
So very true. It’s been 11 months since my bride of 35 years lost her battle with cancer. We were married at 25; bought our first house while engaged; both had MBAs.
Now our only son is almost 32 and is no rush at all to get married. Most of his college friends are still single. I’m told it’s a different world today.
But when you find that one person meant for you, no matter whether it be in high school or when you’re later in life, you just KNOW it. I still remember the first time I saw my future wife and exactly what she was wearing. She always told me she thought that was creepy, but I think secretly she loved that I did.
Hope your “bad news” wasn’t BAD NEWS, and my thoughts and prayers are with you.