State of this Union Address

With Valentine's day here and the emphasis on the love in our lives, I thought it appropriate to do a check up on the love in mine--mainly, my relationship with my main man & better half.

Our union has been around for eight plus years. We've learned plenty about each other in that time, but it's interesting that we still have more to learn. It's funny how certain circumstances will reveal hidden gems (and not all gems are good) of our personalities that have laid dormant for all our time together. It's also funny/interesting that the one I'm supposed to love more than any other is the one who too often receives the brunt of my impatience, annoyance and anger. That's really unfortunate. As far as our check up goes? At best--good, but could be improved.

Another interesting thing? I'm okay with that.

I don't think anyone could say that their effort in marriage deserves an A+ (if you do, please chime in). It's an integral part of our growing and dynamic lives, therefore it's one of the many things that needs an evaluation once in awhile to weed out bad habits, encourage each other and build with our strengths. At times I feel he deserves so much more & at other times, I feel I deserve more. I wish that wasn't the case, and frankly, I can't believe I'm admitting typing that out loud. But, an inspection of the truth is the only thing that will entice progress. Progress is the key. It's not possible to be stagnant. You're either growing in love together or growing apart.

So although my effort currently is less than an A effort, I hope my desire for progress always stands as this union's shouldering star.

This is how our good will keep getting better.