Finding Our Way

Here in the South we pride ourselves on hospitality. Usually you get a good morning, How ya’ll doin or come back real soon. Meals are big and so are our hearts. If you are lost, most of the time you can pull over and ask a complete stranger for directions, even if you happen to venture in the wrong side of town. For the most part, people around here will sincerely try to help you.
I say that to say this. A little over 5 years ago I was lost, wandering through life with no plan. I wasted a few years and had no true direction. One person changed that completely. She was crazy enough to hop on the back of a motorcycle on a frigid January night and she hasn’t let go yet. I had just happened upon her one night in the midst of my disaster of a so-called life and she pointed me in the right direction.
Now like most people that give you directions, they aren’t always clear, you kind of have to guess a little along the way. I don’t think she was prepared for how things were going to go. I knew then that she would be the one that could keep me going forward, but she definitely wasn’t ready for that. Eventually she embraced that role and she has been there for me ever since. We have had our ups and downs in such a short period, but I don’t know what I would do without her. She has been my rock and my guiding light! She has forgiven when others would condemn. She has been there for me when things haven’t worked out like we thought they would and she has pushed me to get back up after I have been knocked down.
Life’s struggles wear us down but together we push through it. Together we try to be loving and caring parents for our two amazing kids! We try to stretch things out to be able to give them the things they want. She has sacrificed more than I can say for me and our family. We try to comfort each other when things don’t go our way. Times get tough, money runs out but she is always there. I needed that in my life and hopefully the struggles will ease but the love and comfort will get stronger.The truth of the matter is that she is not just the light but she is my guide. I could not go through life without her by my side. She is my world, a fact that I probably don’t show her enough or tell her either. When I think about the future she is right there, when I make a decision, she is the deciding factor. She is truly my better half. And as long as she will light the way I will keep her close and walk the path that she takes us down!  We haven’t got there yet, but we are in the right direction!
To 5 years past and many, many more to come…. Happy Anniversary