New Road. Different Bumps.

Feel free not to answer

he said

but do you mind me asking

would you ever get married again?

We're dear friends.

Like,

the best ever.

Have been for years.

We've rolled up and down

plenty of lifes hills

on parallel roads.

Would you?

After all those years

and after all these years alone

knowing what you know now

would you?

Oh heck yeah.

I didn't even have to think

about my answer.

Absolutely.

My sweet daughter

who is also a dear friend

and of the 

sworn-never-to-marry mind

expressed incredulity

when I told her the same thing?

WHAT?

You would?

Even after going through a divorce

and all the tough stuff 

you've been through?

People change, mom.

You know you can't ever predict

how people change.

You'd do it again?

And then she thought about it for a minute.

Her older and wiser thought process

kicking into gear.

Or is it because you feel like

you've learned some things

along the way.

Yep.

That's it.

And yeah

to my lifelong buddy

the one who is less-than-happy

and occasionally envies me just a bit

in my aloneness

even as I occasionally

envy him a bit

in his marriedness.

I'd do it again.

In a heart beat.

Because I've learned some things.

About me.

About life.

About others.

I'm older.

Wiser.

I've learned a few lessons.

Tough ones.

My ex-husband and I
were together for over 25 years.

We remain great friends.

He's been happily remarried

for many years.

I liked being married.
I'm ok single.

But everything is just better
when you share it with someone
you love.

Again?
Oh yes.
In a heartbeat.