Treasures of Life

My grandparents had the best marriage ever. I have never met a couple more perfect for each other. As a child, I remember thinking and praying that I would have a marriage as happy as the one my grandparents had. My grand dad would always tell me that love and compatibility were the key ingredients to a successful marriage. Grandma told me she had never, ever loved anyone more than grandpa, not even her own kids. Her first love was grandpa and it stayed that way till she died. Both she and grandpa enjoyed 35 long years of marriage bliss until diabetes claimed grandma’s life.The day grandma died, Grandpa sobbed because he said he hadn’t lost just a wife but his best friend in the whole wide world.

Today would have been their 50th anniversary but happens to be my 33rd b’day. As I look for the right partner for me, Grandpa and Grandma’s words echo in my ear, love and compatibility. I haven’t really figured out what they meant by compatibility but I am guessing that when it stares me in the face, I will know it. I am 33 and in some cultures that would mean old but I don’t want to settle for anything less that what my grandparent’s had and so I continue to search for that man in whom I will find both love and compatibility, which I am sure will add up to a great marriage. I can’t wait for people to stop asking me, still single?

Alex Johnson

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