Wise "words" from little fishes

Many of you may remember these little guys, but for those of you that don't they played a part as centerpieces for our wedding reception in Utah. Adorable, right? Well after the reception we had let everyone take them home; assuming that gold fishes die within the week it really wouldn't be much of a commitment issue. Well two little guys found a home with Zach's cousins in Highland, Utah.

 They are still alive and kicking almost two and a half years later!

But a couple months ago they ran into a bit of a rough patch. While Emma was away at camp one of the fishes decided to go belly up. Our Aunt Dana, not wanting her daughter to come home to a dead fish, decided to empty the bowl and send him to the big pond in the sky (aka the toilet). She watched as she  flushed him down and continued with her day. Almost 30 minutes later when she returned to clean the bathroom to her surprise; there he was swimming with all his might and very alive. She quickly scooped him up, cleaned out his bowl and returned him to the counter with Emma being none the wiser. 

So what can we learn from these little guys? Well considering that they are our "wedding fish" we also think of them to be symbolic of our marriage. Perhaps not just our marriage, but marriage in general. Typically on a day to day basis we are happy with our lives. We continue to swim around our bowls, eat food, hang out with people we love and try to ignore the people poking on the glass and driving us insane. Occasionally life gets to hard to swim and we want to give up. We decide that marriage is "too hard" and not worth the work and we start to go belly up. If we don't make a change quickly, before we know it we will be circling the rim of life almost ending it all. But then something wonderful can happen. We can FIGHT. We fight for our marriage and swim our way back to happiness and repair what has happened. 

There is nothing that a little conversation and kissing can't fix. 

With 50% of marriages ending in divorce and 90% of store gold fishes not making it past the weekend the odds are against us. 

These two stand as a testament that you can beat the odds and live a happy life IF you remember to

Just Keep Swimming.....