On the way home today I caught about one minute of a show on potatoes…strange I know…They were talk­ing about how in this par­tic­u­lar cul­ture a woman had to peel this par­tic­u­lar type of potato to show the fam­ily of her future hus­band what a ded­i­cated wife she would be.  This was no aver­age potato either.  They described it as look­ing like a clus­ter of large grapes, tightly packed together in a potato type shape.  Wow…thats one heck of a trial.

Its funny though, think­ing about rela­tion­ships, love, mar­riage, and approval.  Sher­man and I both had our share of rela­tion­ships before we stum­bled into each other.  Now look­ing back we can see where one event seemed to lead to another…then another…until poof…here we are…happy, mar­ried, and expect­ing a baby.  We had dis­ap­prov­ing friends.  I’m not sure that my whole fam­ily was com­pletely thrilled about the sit­u­a­tion, and we had peo­ple that knew it was right.  There is no way I could have not hacked that potato to pieces.  I’m glad that those clos­est to me knew how much I loved Sher­man, and how much he loved me.

One of the peo­ple that knew it was right, that didn’t need me to peel a potato was Mariah.  As far as I’m con­cerned, to know Mariah is to love Mariah.  I can’t imag­ine it any other way.  What makes it truly amaz­ing was that she was an “ex”…I know…me being friends with a woman Sher­man dated and her being one of my best friends…shocking.…  She knew it was right between Sher­man and I (before we did).  Just like we knew it was right between her and Bob.

Yes­ter­day I got the best news I’ve had since the last news on Comma.  Mariah and Bob are engaged.  We knew they would be, we knew it was right, but more impor­tantly they knew.  These are two amaz­ing peo­ple that fit per­fectly, and have from the beginning. 

Life is an amaz­ing and funny thing.  Romance can turn into friend­ship, some­times that is what is meant to be; other times you real­ize that friend­ship is actu­ally so much more, and there you are, com­pletely in love.   It can seem com­pli­cated unless you look at it for what it is.   

There are so many times that we just need to trust life and go with the plan that it gives us.  In return it amazes you.  In return it can give you great hap­pi­ness, and friend­ship, and love; and the beauty is you don’t have to prove any­thing to any­one.  The tests you take through­out life to get to the next point are built in and you often don’t even real­ize it until you are done.

I couldn’t be hap­pier for these two peo­ple.  They are both amaz­ing.  They are both a hugely impor­tant part of my life.  Nei­ther of them ever doubted Sher­man and I, nei­ther ever wanted a dec­la­ra­tion or proof of our love.  They saw it.  Is every­one that sees them sees theirs.

Con­grat­u­la­tions Mariah and Bob.  I love you both and am thrilled and excited.  Another fan­tas­tic Octo­ber awaits us all!