I read this on a card last night ............. about peed my pants. I certainly know many of you can relate. Not that I should be talking relationships, but .....................
I saw an Oprah rerun with Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood just a couple months into their new union. It was truly amazing and uplifting. When ask "How can you love someone with all you have, have children, stay married four 14 years and then just say "we're done"?" Now, any of you that know me know that hit me right between the eyes. Garth's response? He said that when he met Sandy they had 2 things in common 1)they were broke & 2)they had the future in front of them. WOW! There are many marriages that start out that way. While marriage counseling is the wave of the future (some ministers even REQUIRE before they will marry a couple), it was not something couples did 15, 20 years ago. What a mistake! Suppose you find yourself in such a marriage. What do you do? You try to repair it. By "fixing" yourself first. Once you've accomplished that, you ask your mate to change what needs to be changed. Then you take these two "new" people and you make it work. And, if something fails, you pray that God will change whose heart needs to be changed. Then if that cannot happen you protect yourself ......... and your children. And you continue to pray to God for wisdom and strength.
How's that for deep, sis?
Kristi
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Love this post! Deep is good...I truly believe this whole blogging thing is good for the soul. I am sitting in Christine's hospital room reading through blogs and read Leann's and your's. Both very well done.
You make some very good points about marriage. It is definitely something that you work on every day and you HAVE to be realistic...there will be problems. And you are right...you have to take those to the Lord and keep trudging along. You have been on my heart so much lately...I know how much you wanted the fairy tale. You're blessed, though...you did get 2 little princes!
Keep Chrissy in your prayers...she is having a rough time.
Hugs!
i love you so much kristi...i know you have always thought that leann was my favorite...but i think i can have more than one favorite...so think what you will, but i have always thought you were pretty special...i love that you put up with me as a child, humored me as a pre-teen when you were much "cooler" than me, encouraged me as a young woman, and have now truly become a friend in our adulthood. and i love that it is so much because of you and leann that my two sweet boys are here safe and sound. that is what i said to aunt nini the night they came in my room after sam was born...that i was so thankful they had had their children so that i could have mine
i am really ready to get this whole hospital routine out of my life though! and leann, i need to see about maybe renting the hefty pump since i am not allowed to breastfeed for a little while, and he was doing so well...i don't want to lose that momentum! okay...too much info
love yall
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