Unlikely Renewal of Vows

Posted by Melanie in Family, Featured, Our Story | 2 comments

A couple of mornings ago we were all hanging around in the kitchen during breakfast and my son Xander said, “I don’t want you guys to ever get divorced.”  He has been asking questions lately about step-parents and would he ever have step-parents and I know his little brain is trying to figure it all out.

My husband says, “Melanie are you in for never getting divorced?”

My rings

I said, “Are you in?”

“Yes,” he replied.  And I could tell he really meant it.

“Me, too.” I said.

“Let’s shake on it,” he said.  And so we did.

There was an intimacy to all this in front of our children that was much like declaring our love in front of 125 friends and family.  It was sweet, it was current, and in many ways it was deeper for me than any vow I have ever made.

Mel and I aren’t prone to big displays of affection but this little exchange darn near took my breath away.  I walked out of the kitchen wondering what had just happened.

It was an unexpected moment of incredible intimacy.

The Crucible Bookii is my story as it continues to unfold and how I see the world from my perch on the edge of the Crucible…because falling in love changed everything.  To read more about our story,  may I suggest Our Gay Wedding