The road of life is not an easy road to travel upon alone.  There are plenty of places along the road that are dark, gloomy, and desolate.  When we look for partners to journey down the road with us, we look for those who we share a commonality with.  Those who we can protect against the darkness.  Those who will protect us against the things that go bump in the night.  Those who are committed to our well being, and whose well being we ourselves are committed to.

Good times and bad times, in sickness and in health, for richer and poorer.  Those words are so familiar and yet, so very alien to most of us.  Over 50% of people who promise and swear these words to one another now fracture these supposedly sacred vows.  A poor selection process, slim pickings, or just the very nature of a world full of broken promises have endeared us to the possibility of it not being “ ‘til death do they part.” Instead, it really has become “ ‘til judge does divide us and our properties.” A friend of mine told me very recently that, ”You marry the one who loves you, not the one your in love with.” This made me sad beyond words because I never realized that love had become a business.

Call me naive, foolish, and stupid.  I believe in dreams coming true and a world without divorce court.  I believe that promises made will be promises kept.  I believe in unconditional love that will see a man loving a woman the way a woman should be loved… and a woman loving a man the way a man needs to be loved.  I believe in the oath of commitment, and that only through that will true happiness be found.  Its times like this when I forget that not everyone else believed the same.  I’d settle for that one person I need most to understand this to understand it now before its too late.

I really wish I could make them.