RSSI Cross My Heart
24 May 2011 No Comments
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Every story needs a beginning, so I guess this is as good a place as any to start. My wedding song was “I Cross My Heart” by George Strait. I got married in 2000, I was 23. I knew when I first heard it that I would share my first dance with my husband to it.
In 1994, I was 16 years old, getting ready for a homecoming dance, and I heard this song. I don’t know what it was, but I really listened to the lyrics, and they tell such a beautiful story. And, 11 years into my marriage, they still speak volumes; “from here on after, that’s stay the way we are right now, and share all the love and laughter, that a lifetime…will allow.” I couldn’t think of anyone other than my husband that I’d rather be married to.
There is so much in my life I have to be thankful for; a wonderful husband, 2 great kids, a job, a house, really supportive (and wonderful) family and friends, the list is never ending. And, yet, I find myself playing the “what if” game every now and then.
What if I went away to school, instead of commuting?
What if I chose a different course of study?
What if I waited longer to have kids?
What if, what if, what if?
I have learned something about what if. It’s always there. Regardless of the decisions you make in life, there is generally an option that you didn’t choose. And, while it may not always be the way you expected, life is best lived in the moment and beyond, not in rewind.
“and if along the way, there comes a day, that starts to storm, you’ve got the promise of my love, to keep you warm”
I may not have everything I ever wanted, but I have everything I need, and for me, that’s enough.
