Celebrating 60 Years of Marriage.

Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary party. It was at a beautiful banquet hall in Indiana. All I kept repeating to myself was wow 60 years of marriage, how incredible.

In a world where people rarely stay together, it is enriching to see two people celebrating 60 years of marriage. It is a great example that it is possible if you work, grow, laugh and pray together. There is struggle and times of sadness, but there are also many joyous occasions. I am truly blessed/thankful to have such a fine example of marriage.

Recently my husband and I went to visit my grandparents and my grandma was just telling me all the things she can no longer do around the house (my grandma was the ULTIMATE house wife, house always clean, dinner on the table, kids taken care of. Can you say AWESOME?) because of the pains in her body. Everything she can't do, she said my grandfather now does those things.

That's definitely what marriage is about give and take. Two people sharing the load and when one can't do the other one gladly/willingly picks up what the other one can't do. Make sense?

It wasn't until I got married that I truly began to understand the dynamics of a marriage. The things that I said I would hypothetically leave for (c'mon, we've all had those conversations)before I got married, if you were to ask me now, I might give you a different answer. As the years roll on you become more and more invested in your marriage. It's hard to just walk away and not try to work through it. It's even harder to say what you would or wouldn't do until the situation actually occurs in your life. Then you have a huh moment, I know what I said but..........

I have also come to realize that people show their love in different ways, My husband and I bicker a lot, we go back and forth, usually it ends with laughs USUALLY. That's one of the many ways we show each other love, it's different for each couple.

A marriage of 60 years couldn't have lasted without Christ as the foundation. My mother said, " I was watching you guys (my grandparents, her parents) out in the yard together and watched just how you all were moving and I realized then just how well you two work together." You never realize how two people fit each other, until you sit back and watch them.

I've seen growth in my grandparents over the last couple of years,yes ladies and gents growth still occurs in your late 70's if you allow it to. As I watched my ogre of a grandfather get up there and say something, it was in that moment I realized just how much my grandparents loved each other.

Here's to growth, love and more years of happiness. It was a very happy occasion and I was grateful to be able to share in the love that day.

What do you think it takes to sustain a loving/happy marriage? Why do you think we have such a high divorce rate now?

Moving in the RIGHT direction....

It's been a few weeks, I apologize. I sent out a message on Facebook a few weeks back. It went something like this:

Hey all,
I hope this finds everyone in high Spirits. Here it goes.... I'm trying to take my blog in a slightly different direction. Those of you who know me well know that I love: socializing, my family, talking about relationships, love, school, hair books, GOD and that I LOVE WRITING. (The list goes on) I would like to interview most of you and others I would like to have you as guest writers. ( Some of you might be asked to do both.) I just think all of us have a unique testimony that we're just sitting on. I believe that they should be shared. We never know who could be going through the same thing or if what we learned could help someone from making the same mistake or at least get to them to think twice about it. I just want everything that is written to be uplifting and positive.Please email me at KColeman1022@gmail.com if you would like to participate. Have a wonderful weekend. you all.
K

I got some responses in my e-mail and I'm going to go from there. I would love for you all to start praying for me and to ask God to keep me focused and to continue to lead me in the right dirction. I'm am excited. SUPER excited. I get ideas about blogs daily and have to write them down in my notebook.  If anyone else is interested in being a guest blogger or would love to be interviewed email me at the above address. I'm am interested to read what you you guys have to say and even more interested in getting to know some of you better. Thank you in advance to everyone who has volunteered. This is just the beginning you all.

Love and Blessings,

K