What is Marriage?

I recently found a card Mark gave me last year on our anniversary. It’s words are so true:

What is marriage?

It’s vacuuming carpets and hammering nails.
It’s saving a dollar by shopping at sales.

It’s balancing checkbooks and paying off bills.
It’s cleaning the windows and mopping up spills.

It’s doing the laundry and matching up socks.
It’s a washer that dies when the car needs new shocks.

It’s two busy schedules, but one happy life, with each moment you share as husband and wife!

So what is marriage to you? Want to add your own rhyming verse?

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5 Comments

Daisy on October 10, 2009 at 3:33 am

Great post! Oh what I could write. My hubby and I have been together for 17 years and I'm 36 (I'll let you do the math)….FOREVER and with forever as I'm sure you know…there's lot's of details. I love it though! I love know that all the bad and all the good we've been able to experience together!!

oh yes, Hi…I'm Daisy! I came over from She's Connect. You have a great blog.

Jill on October 10, 2009 at 3:46 am

Thanks for sharing, Daisy! You've been married almost half of your life!

BAHowells on October 20, 2009 at 12:35 am

I don't know if you check older posts but my favorite is a country song called Just Another Day in Paradise. It beings "Kids screaming, phone ringing, dog barking at the mailman bringing that stack of bills overdue. Good Morning, baby how are you?" The chorus, of course, says it's just another day in paradise – along with all your card mentioned. I loved it so much I custom made the song title and stuck it in my newly decorated kitchen! =)

Jill on October 20, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Oh, this is neat. I love the "Just another day in paradise" song! Thanks for sharing!

sean on November 25, 2010 at 3:12 am

True marriage in people’s mind is usually based on a loving relationship between a man and a woman in which they publicly promise to live together for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do them part.

Daisy on October 10, 2009 at 3:33 am

Great post! Oh what I could write. My hubby and I have been together for 17 years and I'm 36 (I'll let you do the math)….FOREVER and with forever as I'm sure you know…there's lot's of details. I love it though! I love know that all the bad and all the good we've been able to experience together!!

oh yes, Hi…I'm Daisy! I came over from She's Connect. You have a great blog.
Jill on October 10, 2009 at 3:46 am

Thanks for sharing, Daisy! You've been married almost half of your life!
BAHowells on October 20, 2009 at 12:35 am

I don't know if you check older posts but my favorite is a country song called Just Another Day in Paradise. It beings "Kids screaming, phone ringing, dog barking at the mailman bringing that stack of bills overdue. Good Morning, baby how are you?" The chorus, of course, says it's just another day in paradise – along with all your card mentioned. I loved it so much I custom made the song title and stuck it in my newly decorated kitchen! =)
Jill on October 20, 2009 at 7:37 pm

Oh, this is neat. I love the "Just another day in paradise" song! Thanks for sharing!
sean on November 25, 2010 at 3:12 am

True marriage in people’s mind is usually based on a loving relationship between a man and a woman in which they publicly promise to live together for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health until death do them part.