All I know

"Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky"

One of the amazing things about my relationship with Gentleman Jack is our conversations. What's so amazing about them?

If I'm thinking that we need to have a difficult conversation, even if I don't show it, even if I never mention it, he will somehow begin to talk about it. It is as if we share the same mind at times...

"Lovers they may cause your tears
Go ahead release your fears
Stand up and be counted don't be shamed to cry"

What I've also learned is that these conversations bring out the best or worst in each of us.

Sometimes...

He becomes a bratty little boy.

And I become a dramatic little girl.

But then I remember...

"You gotta be, you gotta be bad
You gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day"

I have responsibility for my reactions to words. I am responsible for how I feel. I have a right to my thoughts and to express my needs. My needs DO matter. (Something I'd never considered before.)

"Herald what your mother said
Read the books your father read
Try to solve the puzzles in your own sweet time"

I get frustrated. I get angry. I get upset. I don't like when we disagree. But it is worse to NOT have the answers. It is worse to NOT talk about it.

"Some may have more cash than you
Others take a different view
My, oh, my, hey hey hey"

We ARE different people. We WILL disagree. Everything is still very much OK.

"You gotta be bad
You gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day"

I am responsible for me. He is responsible for him.

He loves me.

I love him.

There are some days that will be more difficult than others.

"Time asks no questions it goes on without you
Leaving you behind if you can't stand the pace
The world keeps on spinning can't stop it if you tried to
This time its danger staring you in the face"

So when those days are difficult, I have to remember....

"Listen as your day unfolds
Challenge what the future holds
Try and keep your head up to the sky
Lovers they may cause your tears
Go ahead release your fears
My, oh, my, hey, hey, hey

You gotta be bad
You gotta be bold, you gotta be wiser
You gotta be hard, you gotta be tough, you gotta be stronger
You gotta be cool, you gotta be calm, you gotta stay together
All I know, all I know love will save the day"

Love WILL save the day.

It hasn't let me down yet.