LOVE AND MARRIAGE...

I have to laugh.. they say the reason why

marriages don't last as long is because we

are living longer.

If that was true... then why is there couples

celebrating 60 and 75 years of marriage?

I know of a wonderful young lady who is

writing a book called

War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation

(if you get a chance, look for it..it is coming out

in February, I believe) and the stories she tells ...

enough to fill a book and more.. .. about people who

met during WWII and got married after

one week ... because the man went

overseas to fight in the war. These people she

talks to are in their 80's and 90's.  The bond

is the bond between the couples.

You read stories or you watch on television

of caretakers.. husbands or a wife.. who is

still taking care of a love one, whose

health has gone down hill.. be it physical

or mental.  The care taker in their 70's,

even 80's.  Taking the words.. "in

sickness or health, until death due us part"

seriously.. and to heart.

Even the ones who can't physically take

care of their love ones, go to the health

care centers daily.. to be there all day with

their love one.. Some even moving in with

them, even tho they are still in good health.

I knew of such a couple, who celebrated

their 75th anniversary there.

So those who say those words.. oh, marriage

isn't lasting as long, because we are living

longer....it is hard to stay marriage for more

than 30 or 50 years. BULL... marriages aren't

lasting as long FOR SOME.. because they

aren't in it for the long haul..