So I found a really cheap price on an orchid.  $3.99 woot! woot! to me on being the bargain hunter of the year.  Well at least I think it is a good deal. Did you know that an orchid can't be watered like other plants.  Or that they can not sit in water or in soaked soil or it will start to rot from the bottom.  Once the roots are ruined there is no going back. Also this plant actually thrives on a good drench then air lots of air.   I guess this is one of those things that time will tell, it could be rotten on the bottom and I won't know until it is to late. To me orchid where always a flower that looked so fragile.  As I dive further into the inner working of horticulture of orchids I find that this little beauty is tougher than it seems.

  I then reflect on the way that a marriage is built and find the similarities astounding.  The out ward appearance can be and often are seen with rose colored glasses, a couple may be in a haze and thinking everything is going oh so well.
 Often the hubby and I would say oh we are great compared to (fill in the blank).  Oh what a pit fall that is.  Once we moved away from all that is near and dear to us we had to take a good hard look at what kind of illusion we had created.

 Now.... Please ..... don't get me wrong here we are not at utopia and will not reach that until we reach our final curtain.  To tell you the truth I enjoy the hill and valleys that we encounter together. With all that entails the disagreements and snarky comments. A good friend of mine said it all when she commented that if they didn't have God, sarcasm and laughter their house would be silent. That pretty much fits the bill.  All I am trying to get across is this basic thought do not ASSUME (wink, wink) your marriage is all orchids or it may be slowly rotting from underneath.