Monday, July 21, 2008

• Challenge ~ Day 13

  Currently Listening Isle of Light Swallowtail Jig see related

  
  

  
  

  
  
  

  
  There's something that I love about my husband, something wonderful that I want to mention, but I'm just not real sure what to call it. I think it's probably the same thing that makes a man have "sympathy pains" when his wife is having a baby. My husband doesn't necessarily get sympathy pains, although I think he has on occasion, but in our case I think it's more of a wave length or a frequency we get on with each other. I think it's got something to do with being each other's "other half," or maybe that's what people mean when they say they are soul mates.
  
  I always thought soul mates were alike. I'm pretty optimistic and outgoing, and in general, I tend to be in a good mood most of the time. My husband is not. He's sort of quiet and reserved, and he tends to be moody and easily aggravated. I can be flighty and impulsive, he is steady and methodical. He's a thinker and a planner, I'm a worker and a doer. He's more of a listener, I'm a talker. It almost sounds opposite, but it works out well. We are each other's "other half." We compliment each other. It seems like when one of us is is having a bad day, the other one is able to pick up the slack and help out. If one is discouraged, the other is an encourager. If one of us is weak, the other is strong. It's perfect. It doesn't always feel perfect! Sometimes we don't really want to be "complimented" right now, thanks! It's always appreciated in retrospect, even if not at the time. We are wearing the rough edges off of each other... or perhaps we're just wearing off on each other.
  
  I used to think soul mates instantly knew they were a match. They were the type of couples who always agree, as if that existed! I honestly thought for years that being more alike made you more harmonious in your lives together. I figured that opposites attract, but they don't necessarily get along so well, so you should find someone who is like you to marry, and then you wouldn't have as many troubles. I suppose things might have gone a bit smoother if we'd have been more alike in the beginning, but we wouldn't have learned what we know now if we hadn't gone through the trials. I was young and ignorant, and could not see what commitment and the passage of time could create. Now that things are smoothing out nicely, and I can see all the wonderful things we've learned, and the couple we've become, I wouldn't change a thing.
  
  We've come to a more comfortable place. We've learned each other, and enjoy each other's company. We laugh at the same silly things, and we can finish each others thoughts and sentences. We've grown together. We are what I'd hoped we'd be, it just took a little longer than I thought it would. I'm glad to say that after the years, after the process, now I can see, we are soul mates. We are each other's other half. I love it!

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