-Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Today marks 32 years of marriage for my parents.  The quote above totally embraces one of the biggest lessons that I’ve learned from my parents and their marriage.  You need to be a team.  I’ve seen so many relationship fall apart because 2 people can’t look in the same direction together.  They fight against each other like enemies fighting a war until they completely destroy every connection that their souls had.  It’s quite sad.  Mom and Dad, though, I’ve seen them make it through some really tough times, hand in hand, never faltering.  If one falls, the other bends down to help them up.  They never let go of each other’s hands  through anything and because of that, I’m able to have a wonderful relationship with my husband now.  They’ve taught my more through their love for each other than I could have ever learned any other way.  I’ve also learned that no marriage will ever last without a sense of humor.  If you spent one day with my family, you’d realize that our sense of humor is what we thrive on.  If you can’t laugh at yourself, you’ll never survive. 

So thanks,  Dad and Mom, for loving each other so much that it poured out all over us kids and sent us off into our own lives covered in what you guys worked so hard to bestow upon us.  All of us kids are better people because of you.  We will always love you as deeply and completely as you have loved us all of our lives. (Mom, try not to be too upset that I put that picture up there.  You look beautiful.)