That’s how it was when I met and decided I was going to marry my now husband.   I just knew I was going to marry him.  There was an instant jolt that went through me.  I was reeled in by his boyish smirk and of course the take charge way he handled me.  Now mind you it wasn’t just me….I  came with a ready made family.  That would be the true test of grit!  He passed with flying colors.  I dated a variety of characters before I found him.   I dated a stripper, (unbeknown to me) a racist, (he wanted to make sure my children were of a certain race) a don juan who felt me up under the table during our first and only date at dinner and a man, who come to find out, still lived with his mother.  Oh and the one who took me to Denny’s on our first and last date.  My husband and I have endured many ups and downs throughout the years but we love and respect one another.  We are best friends in every sense of the word and we fight like ones too!  There is a security knowing that someone is there for you no matter what occurs.  I don’t know what I would do without him.  We have a great family and a fantastic life.  If it weren’t for those dating mishaps I wouldn’t have seen what fate put in front of me.  There are times I could throw in the towel or better yet a frying pan at his head but I won’t.  We have a beautiful thing going on here and I can only hope others can see that in there own marriage as well.

Ciao!