To say that my parents are my biggest supporters is an understatement. The two of them made me who I am today, and combined their best qualities into a powerhouse of a girl. Love is a word that gets thrown around often with hollow meaning. But my parents, they truly love each other. For this I am deeply grateful and appreciative. I am one of the luck people whose parents have not gotten a divorce.
My parents got married before I was born, and are still married for almost 25 years. Through thick and thin, they never left one another side. Their never ending love and friendship makes me believe in a future for myself with somebody. Not only the way they love one another, but the way they love me truly shows how caring of people they are. They established what a relationship is - with boundaries, reasonable expectations, and when to stick up for yourself along with your happiness.
It's still a shock that almost half of marriages end in divorce. What does this leave the hopeless romantic with? A crushed dream? Why would anyone wish to give love a try when it's a split decision whether they remain together? To this, I urge to fight the statistics. My parents, both on their second marriage, remained together longer than they have with previous partners. Both are overwhelmingly happier with their healthy and equal relationship. I'm joyed to see them both receiving they love they need and give as well.
Both of my parents were previously divorced before meeting each other and brining me into the picture. Along with themselves, they each brought daughters. Children of divorce who, to this day, still can’t describe to me how growing up in two different worlds felt like. Happily, I don’t feel that I missed out on anything spectacular. I could also never relate to my friends as they cried on my shoulder in middle school.
I’m beyond grateful that my parents are still happily together. That my parents still love each other just as much as they did years ago. That my holidays are spent under one roof in my pajamas all day. That all my birthdays were tension-free with mom at one side of me, and my dad at the other. I will never experience dealing with money from a set of parents who loathe each other. I will grow older and have children who see their grandparents as a fairytale love story.
Without the inspiration, drive, and support that they both continuously give me, I might not be the person I am today. My parents staying together means more to me than any present, experience, promise, or advice they have ever given me.
