gem 4

"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."

This reminded me that although both Ryan and I were previously married, either marriage, for different reasons, ended up working out. Neither of us went into those vows thinking it to be a temporary situation.  We both wanted "forever".  But, it wasn't meant to be.  Looking back, we both see that as a result of those failures, we gained. We became more introspective.  Our inner strength and our souls were stretched further than we thought possible.  We faced challenges that we never thought we would encounter.  We both failed to get what we originally intended, but we armored ourselves with experience. 

And, we found each other. 

Together, we still don't always get what we want, individually and collectively, but no matter what the outcome, we will always gain experience. And, we'll gain it together.