Marybeth's Responses & Questions

A book: The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
A movie: Steel Magnolias
Music: Beer for my Horses by Toby Keith

Three questions:

1. What makes S "Mr. Right?"
I don't know. I just know that my life wouldn't be complete without him. He is so good to me and supports me, loves me even when I am mean (haha). He gives of himself so freely with me and spoils me way too much. To others, he is quiet and reserved and sometimes mistakenly taken as rude and nonsocial, but he just isn't one to be open and the center of attention.
Don't get me wrong, sometimes I don't think he is Mr. Right but the thought of living without him breaks my heart into. He is the only man that has ever affected me this way, so if he isn't Mr. Right, I don't know who is...

2. You've had some really traumatic things happen to you. Yet, amazingly, you haven't let them slow you down for long. What was the one thing that changed your life the most?
I have gone through some pretty rough times that could have brought me to my knees but I want so much for myself and my family that I keep going. The one thing that has changed my life the most was having a child at age 17 and proving my mother wrong when she told me that I would never be anything other than a bum on welfare. My whole bachelor's degree was to prove them wrong, then I found a love for learning and broadening my horizons...so I'm still in school...As far as my child, I have made some stupid and profound mistakes but that made me grow up and be responsible.

3. I know how hard it is to marry a man and his kids. How do you handle it?
Prayer, screaming, counting backwards, keeping my mouth shut and biting my tongue...no seriously- It takes a lot of patience, communication and understanding, especially with the dynamics of our kids and family history. The biggest struggle has been S and my differences in upbringings- total opposites- and coming to a happy medium. The other one is N and R's mother's unexpected death- it is hard to compete with a dead mother.

Good questions, hard answers....thanks MB