It was around midnight.
I was half asleep. My eyes were closed but I could sense that Mr. was turning off his computer and came into the bed.
He lay down and turned off the light.
In the darkness, I heard that he was whispering towards me:
“It’s so good that you are in my life.”
He thought that I had been fallen asleep so he wasn’t really talking to me, nor expecting me to respond.
He fell asleep soon after without noticing my being half awake.
I stayed half-awake for a while wondering if there was anything sweeter, and thinking that I must have done something good in my past to deserve a sweet moment like this.
Well, I am not going to sugar coat our marriage.
Like any marriages, we have our moments when we fight, or he frustrates me, and/or vice versa.
Nevertheless, when a sweet moment like this happened, it’s only fair to record it so I don’t forget.
And if you are curious how this can happen after 19 years of being together?
Well, all the lectures/rules/wisdom for marriages aside, I can only say that I thank God for this marriage every single day.
It does not mean that we don’t take care of our marriage;
It means that I understand by now that there are so many factors can put influence on a marriage: timing, personalities, self-growth, life’s uncertainties……
It means that I am old enough to know that sometimes no matter how hard you work on your marriage, when it doesn’t work out, it doesn’t work out.
So my point is that I am extra humble and grateful for a sweet moment like this.
Life is good.
Love, Tyra
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