Marriage Cliches: "Getting Hitched"

Another marriage cliche is "Getting hitched."

It even spawned a great Will Smith movie called Hitch! (Great date night flick by the way)

Do you know what a hitch is?

A hitch is an attachment used to allow a vehicle to tow something.

Do you even wonder if you're still hitched?  Do you ever wonder if you're still going in the same direction...together?

I remember when Beth and I were dating seriously and thoughts of our futures became an issue.  Would our dreams for the future work together?  It caused some serious soul-searching because we wanted to live a meaningful life together and didn't want to pull the other away from where they saw God moving them.

As we have been married now for over 17 years we can see how we have to had to figure out how to keep meshing our visions as our lives, energies, and aspirations have changed.  Beth built a photography business at one point.  I pursued playwriting for a number of years.  We jumped into homeschooling.  We also combined creative juices to form For Real Wedding Films.  In each case we either worked together or one of us had to make sacrifices to support the other.

At times we differed on where we were headed, but we used patience, prayer, and a lot of talking to try to make the ultimate decisions together.

We know we love each other, but we also want to keep facing life and pursuing the future together.

When I meet a couple who seem to be living separate lives, it makes me thankful that we've tried to avoid that outcome and have kept "hitched."