Going to the Chapel
Mir is getting married today!
I've admitted before that I have some prejudices about having a relationship as a single mom. And, in the general sense, the idea of a Step-Father makes me nervous (not that I'm not sure that many of you do not have perfectly lovely step fathers in your lives. As I said, these are my personal, gut reaction feelings to the complicated situation that is having an adult relationship with a man who is not the father of your children). But none of that matters today, because I am cheering Mir and Otto with as much joy and excitement over their new life together as anyone who is actually at that wedding today.
Mir and Otto are a love story, plain and simple. And who doesn't love a love story? Especially one that involves a 17 year gap between the meet and the marry, a comedy of errors over a wedding ring, and boob tape.
In all seriousness, Mir has been generous enough to let us in and follow this story, from the first devastating breakup, to the reunion, the proposal, the planning, and most importantly, The Year of Living Changerously as they began to grow this new family. I've felt inspired by them. Like maybe, just maybe, if I wanted to, I could make it all work together in one big pot rather than compartmentalizing my life in the ways that I do.
Mir and Otto give me hope that happy endings really do happen. But that's not the case here, because really, this is just the beginning of a love story that I hope lasts longer than they could have ever imagined.
Congratulations and good luck, Mir, Otto, Monkey and Chickadee! You deserve the ever after ever!
Comments
Thank you so much. :) And you know, both choices (parenting singly, starting over with a partner) are ones that can be 100% right. This stage of my life doesn't mean the other one was wrong; both have been the right choices for the times in which they were made. Same as you're doing. :)
I started reading this blog about 2 months ago and it is hilarious! But at the same time, I don't feel like I relate to Mir as a single mom because she has Otto...guess I just chimed in at the wrong time in her life. Congrats Mir and Otto!
