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| The Airplane of Adventure |
This airplane symbolizes the beginning of
an adventure. During our one week of
face-to-face dating (that's a story for another blog), my now husband, Andrew, and I
went to Lake Worth in Texas where we assembled this plane. We did a pretty good job, if I must say so
myself, since the instructions used engineering and aviation terms, and neither
of us are engineer-ial or aviators of any sort.
We then spent time flying the plane in the park where I pulled a Charlie
Brown and got it stuck in a tree. That
probably accounts for its slightly damaged nature. In this midst of this goofy fun, was when
Andrew proposed and I accepted. Thus,
began the adventure of marriage for us.
And, oh what an adventure it has been. I would not say it has been a ride off into
the sunset adventure that all the chick flicks promise. It has been filled with economic struggles, a
failed business, yucky jobs, trips to the ER, family misunderstandings and good
times too. I think the fact that we
looked on all of these things, the good and the tough, as adventures - not
always the fun Indian Jones type of adventures, but adventures
nonetheless. And the plane has remained
with us as a reminder that we embarked on this adventure together - another key
element to surviving the not-so-fun adventures that come your way.
Now the plane is sitting on the dashboard
of our car as we set out for a new adventure as Andrew returns to school and we
head west to California.
I know we will encounter difficulties and have a lot of fun at the same
time. I also know that the adventures we
have already encountered will help us weather any new storms that come out
way. Most importantly, I know, and Andrew
knows, we are on this adventure together.
