Points2Ponder

                   "Happy Anniversary to the Love of my Life!"

Points2Ponder

                         By Alan P. Scaglone

 Today is a special day for me!

Today is my anniversary of the best day of my life.
Fourteen years ago, my Sweet Bella said yes!
I still don’t know why!
She is just so way above my pay grade!
She is just more than I deserve.
She is just a reminder that God loves me enough to send her to be here for me.
And for that… I am just so in awe!
Fourteen years later—she still believes in me and respects me and support me.
And believe me—in 14 years with a blended family of 6 kids who have thrown every possible unexpected event at us…
We still love one another and would rather be with each other than anyone else.
And for that…I am thankful!

Points2Ponder  When’s the last time you just paused and thanked your spouse for loving you?

Sometimes, I meet couples, and you can tell… they are not necessarily “happily married!”

Could be the grunt from the man or the sneer from the wife—but, you can tell—not much happily ever after happening in their house.
And I feel sorry for them—and yet, so lucky for us.
I have always said… all you need to know good is to have had bad.
It’s all a frame of reference—a sense of perspective.
And we both know from our past how it feels to Not be happily married.
And that’s a commitment we made 14 years ago—to always make the effort to live happily ever after.
It does take effort—we live in a “Whatever” World—where no one works at relationships anymore.
If it takes a little effort, just ditch it and move on to the next great thing.
Problem is… you find yourself ditching and moving on… a whole lot!
And most of that time… you are miserably alone.
I say miserably alone because… I have always said that for those who choose to alone and are happy with their life…
I will never challenge their happiness—I don’t have that right to infer that they cannot be happy unless they are married, sharing life with someone they love.
Nope—I am just grateful that I am happily married, sharing my life with someone I love.
With someone who gets me—the writer, the talker, the social guy, the passionate Italian, the friend to many, the father to three, the Nano to our grands.
And she loves all of it—and tolerates some of it—I am sure she would like to put a “mute” button on me sometimes—who wouldn’t?
My Bella just understands me—not sure anyone else fully does!
I don’t have to explain my motivation between my actions—and I don’t have to hide my true self from her—she accepts me for me!
And I do the same for her—although she has a lot less “things” to accept!
I am just so thankful that… 14 years later—we are still in love, still respect each other and still prefer each other to anyone else!
She has taught me so much about how to be me…
She has taught me that I can be still and not be antsy.
She has taught me that I can be alone and not lonely.
She has taught me that I can be quiet and not need to speak.
She has taught me that I can be satisfied and not always yearn for more.
She has taught me that I can be magnanimous and not need to be acknowledged.
Those are things I never had 14 years ago.
I tell her that I am the lucky one.
I don’t deserve her—I earn her every day!
She says “that’s right—never forget it!” and she smiles that smile I love so much.
I just had to stop and tell the world—
I am so thankful for my Bella!
Maybe you should tell your spouse Thank You?

I’m Just… Reflecting on – The Good Life!

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