Sunday, January 30, 2011
The restoration trip to St. Louis has been more than I even hoped for. Ceecee has been so amazingly sweet and loving and has just said and done everything right to make this an unforgettable and tremendously healing weekend.
When we set out in the car yesterday morning, we had to talk a little bit about we uncovered last Monday, which was OK, but I didn’t want to put a damper on the trip before we even started. It’s just that we’ve learned through all of this not to let things sit and stew and become a problem later. We’ve learned that you just say it and talk about it, but you do it in a loving way that puts the marriage first and any personal agendas to the side.
As we approached St. Louis, we had talked about where we would go and what we would do, but there was something that kept bothering me, so right before we got to town, I just asked my wife if she minded if I changed the agenda a little bit. I told her what I was thinking and feeling, and what I wanted to do and she was more than fine with it. She said that if it was important to me than we should definitely do it.
That’s how this weekend and how our “new” love has gone. We communicate, we’re honest and open, and we put each other first. I’m not sure why we needed to go through so much pain and heartbreak to get here, or even if we needed to, but I’ll never stop being thankful for what we have now. I’ll also never stop trying to build what we have now into a house that will stand up to the test of time and the storms of life.
The Restoration Tour 