marriage is on my brain

today is my mom and dad's 31st anniversary. isn't that AWESOME!!!! I love it. I mentioned to a friend of mine at school that it was their anniversary and she said that her parents can't stand to be in the same room as each other. hmmm. all i could think about was "my parents are really neat that way. they really love each other." man, i am so blessed to have my little "nuclear family". we all love each other, my parents love each other and the siblings-in-law and the parents-in-law love each other. wow, is that a foreign concept to this world or what? [i have to add here that this also describes ryan's side of the family!] no, we're not perfect, nor are we better than other families. but we do acknowledge that we are exteremely blessed. God has been so very generous to us and we are eternally grateful. literally.

it's interesting. now that i think of it, i don't really have any friends at school that are married. mind you, lots of them live with their boyfriends. and i happen to know that a lot of them have parents that are not together anymore. i wonder if this trend of living with your partner has anything to do with the failed marriages of their parents. you know? let's live together first to see if we can make it work. [stats show that this will actually decrease the 'chances' of it not working].
anyways... marriage was on my brain today as i thought about my folks and how they are such great role models for us. and how proud i am of them to be married for 31 years and still be each others best friend. man, that's so cool! our marriage has been on my brain a lot lately too. and how much i love it. what could be better than spending every day with your best friend [even if we are just spending the evening doing homework] and having the agreement that we plan to stick together till we die. hey everyone....I LOVE MY HUSBAND!




just thought yall should know.