Since I have been so candid this week and openly bashed my poor husband I thought I would post a picture of the day we became Mr & Mrs and share some of the good stuff.
I asked my husband prior to planning this week of Marriage themed posts if he wanted to read anything before hand. I wanted to make sure he was comfortable with what I was putting out there in Blog land. He declined to read it and that shows that he trusts me. While I may portray my side & perspective he knows I will be honest. Our relationship & marriage has gone through its share of changes these past eight-month we spent as parents. We are stronger for it. I don’t intend to focus on just the negative or stressful aspects of adoption & life. I guess it’s just easier to write about the not so good stuff. The stuff that fires us up and gets us all worked up inside.

On to the Good… we got married on May 3, 2003. It was a beautiful day and I was a nervous bride. We thought all along that John would be the nervous wreck but I was literally shaking and my knees were knocking walking down the aisle. I kept my eyes on John the whole time. When I reached the end of the aisle John took my hand, squeezed it and winked at me. I instantly calmed down. Over the years we have been able to calm each other down in other situations. I helped to calm him on a long flight, and he helped me on a frigid bus ride in Siberia. We are good at that. We are opposites John & I. I’m the sensitive & naïve one. He is the sarcastic & skeptical one. He is sharp, witty and great with numbers. I’m nurturing, wise and great with words. We can bring out the best & worst in each other. One of my favorite songs that remind me of John is from my daughter's signing time video. The song is called “ The Good” by Rachel Coleman. The verse is “ Maybe we wont find easy, but baby we found the good”. I have found the Good with John by my side.