Marriage is....
I just woke up this morning and felt like writing about marriage. Next weekend Jeff and I will have been married 10 months. And though we're not yet at any point of sage wisdom in our relationship (we only started dating a little over 2 years ago) there are still things that I've found and would like to take note of.
Marriage is like when you were younger and being able to have a sleep over with your friend was one of the greatest events imaginable. My friends and I would watch movies or play games and make jokes and then take turns telling each other "Goodnight" with progressing lengths of pauses in between until one of us fell asleep. Then we'd wake up in the morning and our friend was there! And the fun would begin again until my friend or I had to go back home. Except in marriage, my friend gets to stay all the time!
Marriage is like developing a friendship. Though with my friends, there is a certain "cap-off" point of knowledge and intimacy. In a marriage relationship there's always more to know! We're like Hobbits, you can learn everything there is to know about our ways in a day, yet we can still manage to surprise each other. I'll consider us more of an old couple when Jeff can start calling my poker hands better. =} And when I can figure out what he's in the mood for eating before he even knows.
Marriage is like living with a counselor and a massage therapist, and being a counselor and massage therapist as well! I love it that we work together at the school. I am usually in class talking to 2-5 children at once, who require my attention, and he's usually working on registration forms, or parent payments, or going shopping for items we need, etc. But at the end of the day he understands what I mean when I tell him "Savanna had a hard time concentrating on a work today." And I can picture in my mind and laugh at him telling me that he asked Rutha (since she had on a pirate shirt) if she could talk like a pirate and she said "AAARRRRR" and he said "Avast ye landlubbing scum!" Also, when either one of us has had it particularly rough, there's always a good back or foot massage to come home to.
Marriage is like always having a friend around to tell jokes to, and find new jokes to tell. And listening and laughing at old jokes too.
Marriage is like living with the hottest man/woman, except the hottest man is cool, and he loves you, he's funny too. And he doesn't even leave the toilet seat up! And the hottest man is also a vat of wisdom and good advice, and is really easy going and he relaxes you by just being around him.
Marriage is like being young and in love all the time, except in marriage it's a constant and poignant memory. Remembering when friendship blossomed into love and took us both by complete surprise and wrapped us in constant thankfulness to our Maker.
Marriage is like when you were younger and being able to have a sleep over with your friend was one of the greatest events imaginable. My friends and I would watch movies or play games and make jokes and then take turns telling each other "Goodnight" with progressing lengths of pauses in between until one of us fell asleep. Then we'd wake up in the morning and our friend was there! And the fun would begin again until my friend or I had to go back home. Except in marriage, my friend gets to stay all the time!
Marriage is like developing a friendship. Though with my friends, there is a certain "cap-off" point of knowledge and intimacy. In a marriage relationship there's always more to know! We're like Hobbits, you can learn everything there is to know about our ways in a day, yet we can still manage to surprise each other. I'll consider us more of an old couple when Jeff can start calling my poker hands better. =} And when I can figure out what he's in the mood for eating before he even knows.
Marriage is like living with a counselor and a massage therapist, and being a counselor and massage therapist as well! I love it that we work together at the school. I am usually in class talking to 2-5 children at once, who require my attention, and he's usually working on registration forms, or parent payments, or going shopping for items we need, etc. But at the end of the day he understands what I mean when I tell him "Savanna had a hard time concentrating on a work today." And I can picture in my mind and laugh at him telling me that he asked Rutha (since she had on a pirate shirt) if she could talk like a pirate and she said "AAARRRRR" and he said "Avast ye landlubbing scum!" Also, when either one of us has had it particularly rough, there's always a good back or foot massage to come home to.
Marriage is like always having a friend around to tell jokes to, and find new jokes to tell. And listening and laughing at old jokes too.
Marriage is like living with the hottest man/woman, except the hottest man is cool, and he loves you, he's funny too. And he doesn't even leave the toilet seat up! And the hottest man is also a vat of wisdom and good advice, and is really easy going and he relaxes you by just being around him.
Marriage is like being young and in love all the time, except in marriage it's a constant and poignant memory. Remembering when friendship blossomed into love and took us both by complete surprise and wrapped us in constant thankfulness to our Maker.