I was looking in my recipe box
yesterday (something I never do) and it was a mess because Levi had spilled all
the recipe cards out at some point and we just put them back quickly and
randomly. As I'm looking though the cards I ran across this magazine clipping.
I don't know who wrote it but I love it just the same! It says...
Recipe for "A Happy
Marriage"
Take two happy people and separate
them
from their parents. Add the following
ingredients in generous proportions:
from their parents. Add the following
ingredients in generous proportions:
Love
Acceptance
Communication
Patience
Kindness
Gentleness
Self-Control
Commitment
Faith
Hope
Truth
Acceptance
Communication
Patience
Kindness
Gentleness
Self-Control
Commitment
Faith
Hope
Truth
Mix together, then thoroughly sift in
daily life.
Strain out jealousy, arrogance, selfishness,
provocation and accounting of wrongs.
Bake in the trials and tribulations of life for 50 years,
then celebrate when golden.
Strain out jealousy, arrogance, selfishness,
provocation and accounting of wrongs.
Bake in the trials and tribulations of life for 50 years,
then celebrate when golden.
Author Unknown
So sweet
right?! It makes me think back to those first moments after you say "I
do". When it feels like life couldn't be any more perfect or that you
couldn't love someone anymore than you do at that very moment. This picture was
taken right after we walked down the isle as husband and wife. It's one of my
favorites. We didn't know what was going to happen a year from them moment or
five years from this moment. More than anything we were probably relieved that
the wedding ceremony was over. And we were very HAPPY!!
I think the
only thing the recipe above was missing is God. We aren't the perfect couple
and fail daily. These days we struggle to do devotions together, something that
came easy prior to having Levi. And we've never fallen into the routine of
praying with each other daily. But I truly feel that without God at the center
of your marriage you may find yourself in some stormy seas. Even having God in
your marriage doesn't mean that things are always smooth sailing. You
will still have your ups and downs, your good days and bad days.
People
cautioned us several times after we lost Abby to make sure we didn't let the
loss of our baby destroy our marriage. Levi's Doctor stopped one night while
Abby was still living and prayed with us and specifically for our marriage and
I'm sure others were as well! I'm sure this type of loss effects everyone
differently. For us I feel like it made us cling to each other more than we
ever have before and we were able to be strong for our other half when they were struggling to hold it together. I just had a flash back to a special comment
that was posted on Mike's Facebook wall the day of Abby's memorial service. A
friend of Mike's said the following:
"What can seem to be one of the hardest days you and
Melissa will ever face, I wanted to maybe share some things I observed today.
Though a hard day, it was a beautiful day. Beautiful in such a way that from an
outsider I saw how much love Abby had in her short time, I saw how much love
and support you have from both sides of your family, (which sometimes can not
be taken lightly). But most of all in a time like this I saw something very
important. I saw the love and support between you and Melissa. Often we forget
the ones we need to lean on the most. Both of you were very strong today,
continue to lean on one another. What you guys have is "beautiful"
"
I pray that we
always have something that others can look at and view as beautiful. Because I
would never want our marriage to be anything other than that. God has brought
us together as husband and wife in a marriage that I hope we always cherish and
never take for granted! <3
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