Slow dancing in a burning room

I kind of love the song "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room", I've been listening to it for probably about the last 30 minutes.  And to make this experience even better I've been watching the dance from "So You Think You Can Dance" that goes along with it...found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuC0vyJuIRw. I just love it!!! I love how it expresses a couple working through a fight and staying together, because I'm not sure about the rest of you, but there are times when Scott and I don't agree on things and I can get pretty worked up.  But then we work through it and it always feels so good to just hug him and say sorry to each other.  Every time, I'm amazed that he still loves me and I'm so grateful for his patience with my more emotional side!  (not that I have one of those! haha!)

But I was just thinking about how so often we're afraid to let people know that our marriages aren't perfect.  I feel like we put this unnecessary pressure on ourselves to portray the image we imagine to be a perfect situation.  Why do we do that?  I just realized the stress I put myself under trying to live up to expectations I set for myself. And there's no reason for us to do that!  I just think that if we all decided to just be real with each other instead of putting on that front, then we would have a lot less stress in our lives.  I don't know if anyone else feels that way, but I'm going to try and be better about being real and not comparing my life to the ideal in my head.  As far as I'm concerned, having a husband that loves me is ideal enough, even without the extra money to throw around, the second car, or the baby...for now. ;) 

As Thanksgiving and Christmas get closer, I'm so grateful for the wonderful blessings in my life.  There's a song from White Christmas that Bing Crosby sings called "Count Your Blessings instead of Sheep."  And I find that to be very good advice when I'm stressed about things.  I'll write more about my amazing blessings on another post, but for now I'll just say thank you to all the wonderful people in my life!  I love you all!