Marry Me
The thing about marriage.
The thing about marriage is that is not something you enter into because you’ve figured everything out, tested all the alternatives and arrived conclusively at the realization: this is the one. That would take a lifetime.
Marriage isn’t about a perfect match. The goal isn’t frictionless living.
Marriage is about the willingness to be transformed together and by each other. It is about learning what needs to change, supporting each other in that change, and extending grace when you miss the mark.
You can spend a lifetime looking for the perfect match or you could find a match and spend a lifetime perfecting it.
The longer I’m married the more I am grateful that I married young. I was 21. Marry young. Grow up together. Like anything worthwhile it is all about the journey.
Marry Me
Don’t wait until you know
beyond a shadow of a doubt
until the account is padded securely
the job is guaranteed.
Don’t wait until the walls
of a too big house echo,
waiting. Certainty is an illusion
as is security, and the notion
that you could ever possibly
be ready. The time is never right.
To wait is a waste. Jump in,
wade through the uncertainty
together, let both your feet
graze rock bottom.
Then you will know you
can weather any storm.