Anything But Gray

I just saw these pictures and man, I gotta tell you…to hell with what people think of it, I'm happy for Mariah Carey.

Every logical, grown up and sensible bone in my body is saying she's a freakin' absolute nut for doing this, along with everyone else on the planet.
But all the emotional and romantic bones in my body are saying
You go, girl!

cause you know what?
Sometimes you just gotta throw caution to the wind and go with what feels right and just go where your emotions are leading you. Because every once in awhile something wonderful happens during your moments of reckless abandon, the times where you just throw caution to the wind and just feel life….don't think about it or stress about it, but just feel it.

I got married at 20 years old and I was only with Zak for 15 months when we got married.
During the 6 months of wedding planning we got the "oh, you're so young" lecture, more than once.
Many people let their "logical and sensible" mind judge us and pass that judgment on to us…myself included.
I knew, if we made it, we'd be defying the odds and often times I would wonder if we really had it in us. That was my logical mind…my heart and my emotions never doubted us.

On the day of our wedding as the wedding march started and I stood beside my mother at the end of the aisle, ready to walk down to the altar and marry the man I loved, my logical mind panicked and I got really scared. I mean, really scared. I hesitated, every so slightly, when my mother started walking me down the aisle. She turned to me and asked…"Are you okay?" And I shook my head.."No…" I said. The logical side was telling me that "this is forever, you idiot…you're 20 years old, what are you doing? He lives in Alaska, for crying out loud!"  My logical side was telling me this and more….but my emotions took over and they told me "Go to him….marry this man and your heart will have a home for the rest of your life."

And I went with my emotional side….and almost 16 years later….I am not sorry.

Logical doesn't always mean right.
Emotional doesn't always mean wrong.
And even if you do follow your emotional side and you wind up being wrong?
Just call it emotional logic because chances are you learned something pretty damn important from the experience….
And how can that be wrong?