Marriage is a relationship based in no small part on virtues. The most basic of these is responsibility, for marriage is an arrangement held together by mutual dependence and reciprocal obligations. But successful marriages are about more than fulfilling the conditions of a contract. In good marriages, men and women seek to improve themselves for the sake of their loved one. They offer and draw moral strength by sharing compassion, courage, honesty, self-discipline and a host of other virtues. Husband and wives complete themselves through each other, and the whole of the union becomes stronger and more wonderful than the sum of the two parts.

I have been thinking today about why I married Darryn. I married him because he makes me a better person. I married him because he completes me. I married him because he is my soul mate. I married him because he makes me happy. I married him because I wanted to grow old with him. I married him because he is kind and gentle. I married him because he inspires me to be a better person. He is what makes me feel whole.

Yesterday I almost lost my husband...... He was involved in an accident at work. He was busy fixing a rake that goes on the back of a tractor and was underneath it and the apprentice who was working with him undid a connection and this 150kg rake fell ontop of Darryn. Luckily the rake grazed Darryn's head and bruised his back and knocked him out. If it had been 20cm over it would have pearced his head and killed him.

Having experienced this I think back on the stupid arguements that we have over petty things and I wonder why we waste our time on the small things when we should be making the most of our time together. I thank GOD that my husband came home to me and our precious children last night. I keep thinking we have so much more of our life to experience together. I complain when he works late and say that i feel like a single mum. Never again will I complain. i will cherish our time together long may it last.

Please remember why you married your partners and make the most of the here and now. You never know what will happen tommorrow!

To all our family and friends that are far away...... please remember even though we aren't near you , you are always in our hearts and prayers. We love and miss you every day.