Debbie Reynold's November challenge keeps us in gratitude mode for the days counting down to Thanksgiving. What a perfect way to fill the Rain with positivity. Thanks Debbie!
Day 2 of Thanks Giving
Honeymoon in Alaska July 2002
Today I'm grateful for my partner in life...
We didn't find one another until 2001, several days after the 9/11 attacks that shook us all to our core.
Perhaps, because we are both parents, it helped us connect on a very visceral level.
We felt a profound sadness that our country was now going to be a very different place for our children. It spawned some amazingly philosophical discussions - it was a good foundation for a relationship.
We married a year after we met, never looking back.
Wanting to capitalize on spending as much time together in life, we decided to both become Real Estate Brokers in 2004. Life threw us a curve though, a great job opportunity came Bernie's way and we both agreed he had to take it. Therefore, he didn't join me full-time in the real estate business until several years ago.
Our relationship is true yin and yang in business - and at home.
We don't share the same traits and skills and that's precisely what keeps things in balance. Most days. Hey, we're not perfect!
One of his traits, and it's an important one for me, is an ability to be playful.
Being goofy keeps us from taking ourselves too seriously.
Looking at the world with a child's wonder keeps life exciting.
Laughing together is good for our souls.
His relationship with our children, three of whom he inherited from me, and our grandchildren, is warm and genuine.
They all adore him!
I often wonder how many men would agree to move in with his aging in-laws and his wife's sister and husband. I am beyond thankful for the day Bernie walked into my life. Lucky, lucky me.
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