To have and to hold... from this day forward

Today I was reminded of the importance of keeping the focus on my marriage while going through turmoil and terrible ordeals with our teenage sons.  As a mom, I'd grown accustomed to focusing on them first, putting other things second and taking care of myself dead last, if at all.

This was ok I guess when the kids were small, but the cute and innocent years passed by far too quickly and I came painfully aware that our boys, as much as we love them unconditionally, can think we're horrible parents regardless of any outpouring of love and care and simply leave us one day.  I don't think kid's in general have unconditional love for their parents.  And when you have teenagers, you become aware of just how conditional their acceptance or love really is.

I'm lucky to be married to my best friend for 26 years.  And I realized that regardless of what our sons do, we can always have each other.

The wall lettering expressions shown below are available from the Uppercase Living catalog: 

Personality Test: I'm Reserved, Solitary, and Discreet

I like to take personality tests.  Not sure why - maybe because I'm introspective and wonder how I've changed through the years.  I realized fairly recently that I'm definitely introverted, but I wasn't always so solitary.  The past six years definitely molded me into a more solitary type of person and in some ways this is not necessarily a good thing.

I discovered this after seeing others on FriendFeed taking this test.  The test is free, but you have to sign up to get the results and cool graph.  To take this test, go to Signal Patterns - http://www.signalpatterns.com/.

Here's my top 10 traits out of 90 that uniquely describe me: