My favorite section at the airport is the arrivals area because I love watching people waiting for their loved ones and their reactions when they see each other.
A beautiful young woman is before me on the escalator and you can tell she is excited to see someone. As soon as she spots her handsome young man she starts screaming and waving her arms. She runs towards him, drops her bags at his feet, jumps into
his arms, wraps her arms and legs around him and they start kissing. And they kept kissing and kissing and kissing. It brought a smile to our faces to see such an example of young love.
As we waited for our luggage, the lovebirds stood to my left and they did not stop. They were kissing and pawing at each and saying how much they missed each other. It was very sweet.
There is an older woman to my right waiting for her luggage too. Her
husband walks into the airport, doesn’t even say hello to her, forcefully grabs her bag off the conveyor belt and says as he is walking away, “Hurry up, I’m double parked.”
I smiled as I compared the two relationships. What happens to our marriages? How do we go from running across an airport to throwing bags in a car?
Marriages are work, it all comes down to the simple choices you make in your marriage. Will you be the enthusiastic spouse or the
spouse that is just going through the motions? Making simple choices and small gestures to be positive and show love could have a big impact on your life and how others respond to you. Which one will you be?
Darren and I celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary this year. I guess I know what I need to do the next time he is waiting for me at the airport.
