MARRIED BLISS

LAST NIGHT MY HUSBAND AND I LISTENED TO MUSIC AND DANCED AND ROMANCED. WE GOT PRETTY NOSTALGIC LISTENING TO SONGS FROM BACK IN THE DAY. EVEN THOUGH HIS ARM IS IN PAIN WE DANCED AND HE HELD ME LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. WE PROFESSED OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, AND HOW GLAD WE WERE TO HAVE EACH OTHER.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE DIDN'T CARE WHAT OTHERS THOUGHT AND HOW GRATEFUL WE WERE TO BE AT THIS POINT.

He APOLOGIZED FOR BEING AN ASSHOLE THROUGHOUT MOST OF OUR MARRIAGE AND SAID, "YOU DIDN'T DESERVE THAT AND YOU DON'T DESERVE TO GO THROUGH THIS. I WAS THINKING THE OTHER DAY, 'BOY, IF SHE WANTED TO GET BACK AT ME, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME."

"THAT AIN'T ME, DEAR," I SAID REASSURINGLY.

"I KNOW. I'M JUST SAYING YOU COULD AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT."

I DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY. IF I WAS GOING TO BE ABUSIVE TO HIM, I'D LEAVE HIM. I KNOW I FEEL BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE APART OF HIS JOURNEY AND TO BE THE ONE WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN HIS LIFE.

WE REALLY HAD A GREAT TIME LAST NIGHT. I'M SO GLAD WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT TO DANCE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I SEE THINGS ONLY GETTING BETTER.