well said and congratulations once again with your upcoming new beginning. We just returned from Barbados, had a wonderful sunset beach wedding. Just me and now officially, Mrs. Odaat, had 0 family there, not because they weren`t invited as they all were but it`s a tough spot to get to quickly and her folks are in their 70`s with back issues, not conducive to a peaceful flight of 16 hours. Mrs Odaat and I have been with one another almost 13 years, there are no secrets and both of us had to do alot of work on ourselves before being able to fully be there for one another. One of my many rules of thumb are, if I can`t come home and tell her about something I was thinking of doing then it means I shouldn`t be doing it. My past life when I was immersed in an unhealthy lifestyle, I had a casual at best relationship with the truth and little concern or focus on how any of my decisions and actions would affect others.
Not the case these days, before any decision is made, it`s discussed with Mrs. Odaat and if she`s not fully on board with it, we don`t do it and vice versa. I still have more than my faults, difference is I now have the ability to apologize genuinely then NOT turn around and continue to do the same things over and over. Big year for us, wedding this week, she`s graduating from her College program in 6/7 weeks (she`s worked so hard, I`m so proud) then we prepare for our move to BC in order to be closer to her family. Closer to her family? That`s crazy you say, nope, they are wonderful and if I have one regret it`s that we weren`t able to be a bit closer to my parents prior to their passing. Not that I could have changed their health, but just to spend more time with them before they passed. Her parents are in their 70`s and still in very good health with a few minor issues and we now have the opportunity to be close to them so spending time with them is far more realistic.