Dorie Morgan’s Rising Up

Why you are actually reading about my husband

March 7, 2008 // 1 Comment »

Posted in blogs, family life, marriage, priorities

I blog about a lot of things.

I blog about work. I blog about my health. I blog about current events. I blog about my relationship with God. I blog about everything.

But really, this blog is about my marriage.

Even when I don’t write about it, it all comes back to my marriage.

Why?

My relationship with my husband is the single most important relationship in my life. It influences every decision I make. When I make a decision about what career path to follow, I am thinking about my husband. When I am seeking medical treatment, I think about how my treatment will affect my husband. When I look at CNN in the morning before work, I am thinking about, that’s right, my husband.

Brian is my priority.

And I don’t anticipate this changing. Even when we have kids, my husband will continue to be my highest priority. Why? Because we can always make more kids. I cannot recreate my husband.

Brian is the family I picked. I looked at him and decided that not only did I want to be in his tribe but I wanted to make our own little tribe with him. I wanted to create a life together.

Jobs will come and go. Friends will move on. Parents will (hopefully) die before I do. Politics will change. Current events will become history. Fads will fade and pop culture will be forgotten.

Brian will be the man I grow old next to. My wrinkly old hand will someday be patting my husband’s wrinkly old butt. And that’s the way I want it.

My commitment to Brian and Brian’s commitment to me is the most influencing factor in our lives. Everything will always come back to my marriage.