A little off topic today my son got married

There are few things that make you sit back and take a look at your life more than life changing events such as wedding. My youngest son, who is also a member of our real estate team took on a bride this weekend. They are starting out just great. They are being conservative in how they live and they are making good plans for their future. I am proud of both of them. And I'm really tired. It was 4 days of family, ceremonies, and more, much more than I normally take in, and a lot later than I normally stay up.

I was reminded of an uncle of mine. He is 85 years old and his wife, my aunt, died about a year ago of alzheimers. As so often happens her last years were not good. My uncle kept her at home and long after she knew who he was, or where she was he took care of her. Eventually he wound of caring for her as if she were an infant. He had to spoon feed her, take her to the restoom, bath her, change her and more. It was an agonizing ordeal for anyone, but especially for a man already in his 80's.

His children went to him to convince him that it would be ok to put her in a care home. He could still see her everyday and the burden would be lessened for him. Plus he could afford it. He looked at them with a quizzical look on his face and simply said, "I made a promise".

I thought of that as I watched my son and his bride exchange their vows. Those vows are often recited and repeated with not enough undestanging put into them. But what's really happening is that two people are guaranteeing one another that no matter what happens in life there is one thing, and one person they can always count on no matter what.

Experience and observation have shown that promise to be hard to keep. But somehow like my other married kids, and my bride of almost 40 years has shown it's not impossible to keep that promse. I wish them well as they start their journey together.