Five Years Later – Still a Happy Marriage

Mr. and Mrs. Joe and Kim Franscella, on their honeymoon at the Club Med Columbus Isle, San Salvador, BH, May 17, 2004.

Marriage has been good to me, no, it’s been great! I have a great and lovely wife, Kim, and she and I both have stuck to our commitment, which was that we decided to make our marriage work, for better or worse, in sickness and health, for richer or poor, until death do us part.

Over the past five years a lot has happened. We’ve brought a boy into the world, will be welcoming another in August and we raised a daughter through the toughest years of teenagerism. There have certainly been ups and downs, mostly ups, but even the downs have really been just experiences where we have had to learn to live and let live and accept each other for who we are, which is all part of the marriage experience.

At the beginning of this year, I had yet another chance to witness Kim’s utter devotion to our family’s well being. Up until then, I had been commuting to work, leaving home at 5 a.m. and not returning until, on average, 8 p.m. In December, I called her one evening from my office and announced that I had found a house for us to rent that was only a 15-minute walk from work. It wasn’t easy for her to just pick up and leave her home of 37 years, which was in the same town – and in some case neighborhood – as all of her friends and family, but she did it anyway. In the end, she knew that living close to my work meant being able to spend more time at home, which is good for our family.  There are still times when she gets a little lonely for the old neighborhood and the closeness to friends and family, but I know she doesn’t regret the move or have any reservation about supporting me in the decision. This is only one example of her devotion, I could go on, do I have a great wife or what!

Kim and I were engaged exactly 64 days after our first date and although we had only been introduced two weeks prior, I knew when I said goodnight after that first night out that she was going to be the woman I’d marry. We were married nine months after we were engaged and I have loved every minute of it! I can honestly say that I have never looked back, regretted the decision or questioned it.

Meeting Kim has given me the opportunity to become a husband and a father, do well at work and just become an all around better person. Thanks bkim, for all you do to support me and keep our family strong and together, May 15, 2004 to May 15, 2009, happy anniversary Babe!

By the way, if you should happen to respond to this post between Friday and Monday, I may not get to it for moderation, I am trying to take the entire weekend off.

Posted By Joe Franscella