Happily ever afters
don’t just happen; they must be made. There will be unforeseen bends and bumps.
No marriage or family is free from exhaustion, financial struggle, argument,
disappointment, tragedy, or heartache. We all have mornings when we wake up and
wonder, “Who is this person I married, and what have I gotten myself into?”
Maybe things in your family are good but could be better. Maybe you feel like your family is broken or
maybe you think they are so annoying you can’t stand to be with them. Maybe
you’re depressed, or you always feel exhausted. There are numerous difficulties
and detours on the road to ever after.
Whatever your personal situation, the good news is there are things we can all
do to make the burden lighter, and to have a stronger, happier family.
Everyone’s picture of happily ever after is different. My happily ever after is doing dishes with my husband and simply being happy
to do it, sliding down a mountain on my bum and ripping a hole in my pants
while my husband laughs at me because I’m too scared to walk down. It is
watching my kids splash in the pool, their deep, carefree laughs filling the
air. It is waking up Christmas morning to a house full of balloons, or lying on
my husband’s shoulder feeling safe and protected. It is the joy that engulfs me
when my family knows I love them, and the peace that comes from knowing how
much they love me. This is not the ever after I imagined years ago, as the
satin folds of my white sparkling princess dress twirled around me and I was
lost in my husband’s brown eyes. Nor is it what I imagined during our short
honeymoon bliss. This is better because this is real. Find your vision of ever after and live it; you may be
surprised to find the journey is the part you love the most.
The journey is definitely the part I have enjoyed the most. But only after I realized it was the part I enjoyed the most.
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