Someone asked me today if I regretted leaving Michigan and moving to Indiana. Regret is really such a double edged sword isn't it? How do you answer that question... really? Are there things I miss? Ab so freakin lutely. Every day I miss my family, my friends, my hometown, my favorite stores, knowing the roads like the back of my hand. But I also know that there is nothing left in that hometown to return to. Flint, Michigan, rated number one for crime in the U.S. right now. What's funny to me is that if you do admit that you have some regret, people take it as an afront to your current life. Because I miss my friends, that means that I don't love my husband? Not every stepparent is dealing with both issues like I am, being the stepparent and being so far away from family, but I know there are a lot of people out there who moved "for love" like I did. There is a scene in the movie from Sex & the City 2, where the girls were discussing marriages and relationships and feeling "happy". Samantha says "Relationships aren't just about being happy. I mean, how often are you happy in your relationsip?" Charlotte says, "Every day."
"Every day?" Samantha asks.
Charlotte replies, "Well, not all ay every day but yes, every day." I think about that quote a lot in the day-to-day shuffle of life. Life is filled with good and bad times, but for those of us who can say that yes, every day, at some point of the day, we can find happiness and love in our relationsips regardless of everything else-- what more can we really ask for?
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