Off to the champagne opening of the flower show at the fairgrounds. My family will be there...I've decided to walk, it is a lovely evening.
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The flower show gardens are beautiful....the flowers themselves are just incredible this year.. Tons of Hibiscus on display. I can't ever seem to get that plant to live when I try to put it in my gardens. My brother and his girlfriend Terry were there. It looks like they will be getting married in the next year. I am thrilled for them. I want my brother's house! (laugh) Hopefully they will move into hers...
Look at me...figuring out the way to make their upcoming marriage benefit me. Well, I am the younger pain in the butt sister... and now my newer sister in law will be my next sister. I am excited about that. Her youngest boy is the same age as Brian and Brian and Angelo decided when they first met that they were going to be cousins. I guess they knew before anyone else. Kids...
My brother...fresh from his divorce and getting ready to marry another. OIY. He is brave, but then, Terry is a wonderful woman. Maybe its Terry that is the brave one? There are not many men that are as stand up of a guy as my brother. He has always done 'the right thing', just like my dad. He deserves this happiness. Our dad would be proud of him. He understands the importance of a healthy committed relationship. The world needs more of them.
But damn him, I swear, how is it he finds someone right away?
He is smart enough to realize that it takes two people to create the life and security many hope to attain. He understands that clear goals, coupled with a person who is really there for you makes for a great team. A great team can accomplish great things. He also realizes coming home to a good woman makes life complete. And Terry understands that it can be fun waiting for the man you love to walk through the door and your evening together as a family begins. It is a nice thing. They are a good match.
My brother is not about to sit around and mope about what happened in his marriage and do the blame game, or the pity me thing that so many do after a break-up. His marriage of 20+ years disappeared right before his eyes and his wife left to be with someone else. Now, many would use that as an excuse to get stuck and close down. But not my brother. he picked himself up, dusted himself off, looked around and found what he had been searching his adult life for. Terry is the girl he should have married. But it took my x sister in law to introduce them, so sometimes our dreams come out of pain.
Because of what his x wife did, he ended up meeting a nice woman. She is widowed and knew my brother through her oldest boy and my nephew. She grew up with my x sister in law. After my sister in law left my brother, he was at a motercycle race with his son and Terry was there. They began talking and he realized what a nice person she is. Right then and there he asked her out and figured why look further and settled in with her. He said "Why should I let my x wifes decisions that created a lot of unhappiness interfere one moment longer with my decision to be happy?" He's got a great point, and I think is new life is going to be better than his old.
He just landed an executive position with the Operating ENgineers so he no longer has to be outside running a crew. Good things are happening for him, he's certainly paid his dues.
Now can it be my turn..?...(laugh) ...
Until next time-
C
PS. Ok, I am not sure I'd want my imaginary lover to be good at growing Hibiscus...but maybe he is good at creating compost...?..
