A Time to Breath Deep

Last night was a time for great celebration. 

For the last 4 months the husband had been working nights at a restaurant downtown. Which means I was going solo to parties, dinners, movies, and the like. I'm blessed with some really terrific friends who made it not so terrible. But it was getting pretty depressing for both of us. Our opposite work schedules were like a fork thrown into the mechanics of our newly married life,  causing a few unnecessary dents and dings.

However, a few weeks ago Max had a good talk with one of his managers and they thought it would be better for both of them if he shifted to prep work in the daytime. Glorious news!

So we had a night out to celebrate being together on a Friday. We went to a fun little Italian restaurant about an hour away, hello organic and delicious food. Taking a drive somewhere we couldn't just hop in the car and go to any day made it extra special. Our drive was accompanied by a soft rain and good music, so it was all a real success. After dinner we did a little shopping and I got to pick out some goodies. But probably the best part was watching 12 Angry Men together at the end of the night. (A fantastic movie that everyone ought to see.) We both kept looking at each other and saying, I'm so glad I get to be with you, on a Friday night!

After a lot of lonely times, it felt like taking a deep breath and falling safely into being in love with your best friend.

Here's the gist of what I've discovered: At the very beginning of it all when God said it is not good for man to be alone, He was completely right. As John Milton quoted, “Loneliness is the first thing which God's eye named, not good”. 

That's really is something. 

And I've really got a whole lot of something to be thankful for.