At the break of a millennium & start of a new decade, he asked me to be his wife. He said he didn’t want to spend the new millennium alone.  I should have gotten a hint Christmas ’99, with the new subscription of bridal magazine that arrived in my name.  I thought a mistake had been made & planned on calling & stopping the subscription after the holidays.   At that point we had been together for about a year and a half. To some that might not be enough time to date before asking the question.  For us at the onset of the relationship, he told me he was…

We stood in our new home’s kitchen, fully dressed in our wedding attire!  Feeling in awe by all that happened during our “big day”.  So now what? I asked.  I guess we stay here, he responded.  Oh, You see what happened was… we had been planning this “wedding” for 18 months.  The day had come and gone.  Our ceremony was at 10:00 AM, followed by reception 12:00PM – 5:00 PM. & here we now stood wondering what’s next. Well, we knew what was next… get your mind out of the gutter… but after that!  Lol So busy planning the “perfect fairy-tale wedding” and forgetting about what’s next.  What was next…

What, am married you say? I’m in a relationship?  There’s someone else who needs my time, too? You don’t say! Lol It saddens me at times when I think how much time goes in between before my husband gets my full attention to be focused on him.  We have just had a lot of lost in our family (loss of parents) and I want to be there for him but he seems to go unnoticed.  I don’t want to be insensitive to his needs but the fact that he is one that doesn’t speak much.  His “red flags” are not as loud as the children.  I do know that someday…