Okay, so this word picture came to me the other day as I was driving. I thought it was a pretty special word picture, but when I told Andy about it, he didn't see it as very special. . .you can be the judge (in fairness to Andy, at the end I'll tell you what part he didn't like about it).
I feel like our marriage/relationship finally hit the fine wine stage (I do realize that we may have like 60 more years together, but fine wine gets even better with time). I feel like we started as grape juice. . .and grape juice is really yummy and sweet. . .nothing at all wrong with grape juice!! Skip forward almost 2 decades of knowing each other (the fermenting process) when everything isn't always sweet and I feel like now we have become fine wine. I feel like we have reached this safe and comfortable place and it is a very good place. I feel like this is a real place and a open place and a fun place. I feel like all of the imaginary people will be asking for the inaginary "Braner 1993" at all of the great imaginary uppity restaurants! :)
That is the short version of my analogy. Andy didn't like the years and years of fermenting (which, I guess, in wine making are worthless years in terms of taste, but good years in terms of the ultimate outcome). I get that. It does kind of make less of the great years we have had between the grape juice and the wine. But overall, I like the analogy minus that part. So, I agree with Andy. . .I need another "total relationship" word picture, but I just like the feel of this one for now.
I feel like he and I are in a great place and I know that it will continue to get better over time! So, here is to Andy and the fine wine we have become!
I feel like our marriage/relationship finally hit the fine wine stage (I do realize that we may have like 60 more years together, but fine wine gets even better with time). I feel like we started as grape juice. . .and grape juice is really yummy and sweet. . .nothing at all wrong with grape juice!! Skip forward almost 2 decades of knowing each other (the fermenting process) when everything isn't always sweet and I feel like now we have become fine wine. I feel like we have reached this safe and comfortable place and it is a very good place. I feel like this is a real place and a open place and a fun place. I feel like all of the imaginary people will be asking for the inaginary "Braner 1993" at all of the great imaginary uppity restaurants! :)
That is the short version of my analogy. Andy didn't like the years and years of fermenting (which, I guess, in wine making are worthless years in terms of taste, but good years in terms of the ultimate outcome). I get that. It does kind of make less of the great years we have had between the grape juice and the wine. But overall, I like the analogy minus that part. So, I agree with Andy. . .I need another "total relationship" word picture, but I just like the feel of this one for now.
I feel like he and I are in a great place and I know that it will continue to get better over time! So, here is to Andy and the fine wine we have become!
Comments