BIG step for me, I rode the bus with Mike since it was his first school bus trip ever. He said it was too long and the whole time he seemed a little nervous. I am not a fan of riding around without seat belts either. I get super motion sick but I did okay on the way there.
Michael followed the school bus that went 55 the whole way on the freeway. Siblings of course couldn't ride the bus so he followed and brought Nya. This is me with my assigned children. Mike and Miguel.
This kid is big so I gave her to Daddy. Look at those long, beautiful legs!
Mike found his pumpkin! Daddy stuck his hands on the prickly parts to get it off since I thought he should. What a great helper. :)
MY FAVORITE PART OF FALL - PUMPKINS!!!!
My little nugget is so stinking cute sometimes.
And my big nugget too. I got a picture with him smiling but I look worse so this is the one I chose. HaHa. He was home this last week and I was SOOOOO HAPPY that he was here. I desperately needed a Michael fix.
Michael and I have really been through some things together over our years. Peaks and valleys I think is what some people call it. In a culture with a divorce rate pushing 60% one really has to wonder what is really going on? Are we all ill prepared of what to expect when we marry? YES. Do we live in a society that is always looking for the next best thing? YES. Is marriage hard work? YES. Most of the people close to us have been divorced. Our parents, all of them, Michael, Michael's brother and his wife, Grandparents, all the people close to us except Heather and Lincoln. Have we ever considered it? I have. Divorce seems like the thing to do. Starter marriages. Moving on to bigger and better things. Rushing to get married. What's really going on?
During my drive back from Pine Valley I gave this some serious consideration. We tolerate so much from our families. We go to hell and back for them but when it comes to our spouses, we treat them as disposable. I thought about why we've never quit on each other when times have been hard and the AH HA moment I had was that because Michael IS my family. Not only did I chose to make a family with him but I became his family. Why would I go through more with my brother or sister? Because of birth right? I mean, come on people. The person that we marry IS our family. I think a lot of us have lost sight of this fact. We've been blinded by the images of romance put in front of us or get caught chasing the quick fix. Not that all divorces are avoidable but we've lost our fortitude. I'm all for being happy but I am also about doing the work. Marriage is hard work sometimes. I know we've felt it and chances are if you've been married more than 5 days, you know it is too.
The point of all this is to say, Michael, I love you. I would rather go to the ends of the Earth with you than anyone else. You are my family and I KNOW that I'm yours. I'm here and I love you and miss you more than you know. I can't wait to see you again soon. You rock my world. -rb
Here is a song for you honey.
7 comments:
I was just wondering if the pumpkin patch there is worth going to...what do you think? Were there many pumpkins left? Were there still apples to pick, too?
i would skip it. totally not worth the drive...
What a wonderful post. I could not agree more about marriage and family and fortitude, well done.
Does Wednesday work for you for lunch? YOu can pick where, I choose last time.
i am down for wednesday if that is the day that works best for you. what time?
lets do noon, tell me where!
Nice Post. Really you have to approach marraige like there is no such thing as divorce or else it is just glorified dating. You are a good person to verbalize it.
jamie- maybe i just miss michael. lol. :) marriage is work. period but sooooo good when it was good.
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