RIP "Lint"

After 9 adventure filled years, my Sugarglider, Lint, has passed on. Mom bought her for me in Salt Lake City one year for my birthday. The people who sold her to us told us that she would love us and be a friendly pet. They were wrong. She never bonded with me, even though I held her constantly for the first 2 months. I did everything they told me to do: I kept her in a pouch under my shirt all day so she would get use to my smell, I fed her, I talked to her so she would know my voice. . .yeah, it didn't work. Finally I gave up and left her alone. I guess I got sick of being bitten hard enough to draw blood. She was so cute, I couldn't make myself get rid of her, so we kept her. I always felt so sorry for her. She must have been so lonely. Sugargliders usually live in family groups. She would let me pet her back and tail but didn't like to be picked up. She was so soft and was a lot of fun to watch. The kids loved showing her to their friends. She was a fun little pet and we will miss her.

13 YEARS!

There is so much about marriage that no one can warn you about. There are things you will just never understand until you are in that situation. I was told that marriage isn't always fun. I was told that there would be bad days. And there definately have been a few of those. There have been times I have wanted to walk out the door and never come back. There are habits and traits in a person that can make you completely insane. I have learned that your wedding day is not the only day in your life that you will need to commit to your marriage. You do it over and over again. You consciously decide that leaving is not an option, you just need to find a way to fix what is wrong. Of course there are deal breakers. We both know what those are.
But no one was ever able to warn me about how much you can love another person. No one could tell me how much you can come to depend upon having a person in your life everyday. I now know how much easier trials can be when you have a hand to hold. Just knowing that you aren't alone is an amazing feeling. I feel so blessed that the good days have far out numbered the bad. I love that I have a person who is always 100% on my side. I love being part of a team. Whenever something good happens, he is always the first person I want to tell. Most of all I love that after 13 years, he still makes me laugh. "Love" is not a big enough word to describe the way I feel about my husband on the anniversary of our beginning.