Finding My Stride in Life

Entry 3: My Loved One is...

Entry 3: My loved one is...wow! Where do I start in talking about my loved ones? I must start with my husband, who, if he were not in my life, I wouldn't even be where I am today, and that's the truth! My husband and I have been together since we were teens. Thirty-four years (actually 35 years since we were engaged for one year prior to our marriage in 1991), and our lives are so intertwined together I couldn't see it without him. My husband is the glue to hold our family together. Our children love the fun times that my husband created for them. He is the "fun" and spontaneous part of our marriage. He is the one who will do an unplanned trip to another amusement park just to see the smile of glee on the kids faces. Or he is the one who will create a work of art or a silly song to sing with them, all the while to bring joy to them.

Now, I seem to leave myself out of this joy but I can assure you, he’s not missing me at all. My husband is keenly aware of my presence and what brings me joy, elicits laughs or giggles, or makes my heart burst with love for him, and I just love this about him. He is amazing and definitely the reason I succeed in my life.

Next, our kids. God blessed us with two beautiful kids - a boy first, and many years later, our girl. It seemed as if this was not in the cards for us since it took so long for her to appear but I am glad when God chose to send her to our lives. Our son is a joy to us and we marvel sometimes at the intelligence, the handsomeness, the height that neither one of us had, God bestowed on him. He’s been a joy in our lives and a consolation through the years when it seemed we only would have one child.

God thought it best many years after we were calmer and much more appreciative of our lives together, to send our surprise daughter to us unawares. I discovered when I was working a job that was highly stressful to send our daughter to us. I didn’t know the signs of pregnancy since it was that long for me. Our daughter, named aptly after her father, is more like her father than our son is. She is very analytical, not prone to girly things, but is one of the most loving persons in my life.

My life is so blessed with so much love and conscientious people in my life that make me  the person that I am.