Another major life change has come and gone. Although I suppose simply calling it a life change is an understatement. I called graduating college or moving into an apartment on my own “life changes” but marriage is in a league of own. As my friend Micaiah would often say, “expectations are your enemy, flexibility is your friend.”
The major adjustment aside, this has been the most pleasant journey I’ve had the pleasure of trekking. It’s been a lot of fun to adjust to life with Abby. Granted, it’s been easy so far. The last two weeks have been devoted entirely to learning how to wake up together–no distractions of work or responsibility. Unfortunately, that’s not real life; people keep asking when we “return to reality.”
It has suddenly occurred to me that life continues after the honeymoon. This isn’t the movies–there will be no fade to black and rolling of the end credits–in fact, I’m finding that a lot of things haven’t been the way the movies portray it. On the one hand, they leave out all the hard day-to-day stuff (you know, like who’s responsibility is it make the bed). But at the same time, no movie can really depict the uniqueness of each person and how wonderful and beautiful it is when two people become one through marital unity.
I always wonder what happens after the camera fades to black–and I’m about to find out!
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