Marriage Stuff

The hubs and I have been married nearly 13 years now.

Scary I know.

It's crazy to me how time can fly and you start looking at your life overall. Not broken down into pieces of the everyday and the weekly "jobs" of marriage, but as a whole.

We've been through a lot together. A. Lot.

We were married at the ripe ages of 19 and 20 and I still can't believe how long ago that feels. My kids - by the way - will not get married until they are at least 25 and that is pushing it.

I don't regret for one day getting married that young, however, and I have enjoyed the fact that me and my man have kind of grown up together in a sense and figured out life and our journeys on the same path and the same road. Having dealt with infertility for so many years during the majority of our marriage - we were able to sort through our relationship and handle the twists and turns that came our way in life and we didn't have any other distractions in that season.

Now we have distractions coming out of our ears and they are named LG and BB. They're cute, but boy are they LOUD. :-)

Well, David and I have yet to just "coast" in this relationship of marriage and we are always having to work on something (more him than me) that needs a little tweaking and I love it when we come out on the other side better for it.

A friend had recommended a book to us called "Men are like Waffles and Women are Like Spaghetti". I just ordered it off of Amazon and we are going to read it together. The premise is that men work in little compartments (hence the waffles) and women - well - we are kind of free flowing and emotional - ya know like spaghetti! We are looking forward to delving into this book on the weekends when David is home during our transition between two cities at the moment and I think it will be pretty good.

I hope he learns something.

Ok. I hope I learn something too.

God loves us and he loves marriage. He has a plan for us and a desire for us to be the best couple we can be - not just for ourselves, but for our kids, for our friendships, for his work and for his glory.

We are hoping to always be polishing up on this gift we have been given in each other. We also heard of another really good book that is supposed to be a follow up to The Five Love Languages and it is called "The Five Languages of Apology". I am a horrible apologizer.

HOR-RI-BLE!

Maybe that should be my next order. One step at a time though. I first have to find out why I am spaghetti and enjoy sauce and meatballs being poured on my head. Wait. Ha!

Any of you out there have any great books you and your hubby have read or any great seminars you have been to that have revolutionized your lives? I'd love to hear about 'em!

Happy Rainy Wednesday. In the Midwest that is.