Me Married?? Again???

It’s been awhile since I sat down to write again for “What’s Next Chris”. Between having the website hacked, job changes within a job change, moving and purchasing a home, oh and yes, getting married, it’s been a tad busy. Don’t get me wrong, the majority of these things fall into the category of good to excellent events in one’s life.

Lately I’ve been missing communicating with the world this way. Despite being in the communication business it can often be limiting in how one is allowed to communicate. In the world of television, most of what we do is formatted to our purpose for being there. In my case, talking about the weather.

In this forum, I can wax on about pretty much anything. I suppose it’s a bit therapeutic and selfish on my part in one regard, but I do hope the things I write about shed some light or even make just one person reevaluate their lives or feel better about the day. In other words, whatever small positive I can add gives me purpose for writing these words and putting them out into the universe.

When I first started out with this site I was told most successful bloggers wrote regularly, but kept their pieces short. So with that, what did I generally do? I wrote long form pieces on a rather irregular basis. Such is dealing with myself, the contrarian.

With that in mind this is just a reintroduction of sorts to those who had been following loyally over the last 4 years. I apologize for any redundancy. Add to the fact I’ve entered into my next decade (my 60s) and during that time I’ve developed the habit of occasionally repeating myself.

As many of you know and perhaps some newcomers who don’t, I lost my wife to a rare blood cancer over 7 years ago. In addition, in July 2019, I lost my 24 year WNBC career. To find out more about that and much more, please go back in the archives and start with my first blog which pretty much sets the stage for all that has followed.

I will pick up here with the next biggest event in my life. My marriage to the most special partner I could have been blessed with, the one and only Edmi De Jesus. All of this seems to be happening very quickly. However as fast as it feels the more right it feels for me to be in this relationship.

Being a romantic and a bit of a traditionalist at heart, I decided to pop the question last November. Against all odds she said YES!!! I’m saying that jokingly……sort of. We did the City Hall Wedding in April, actually on my birthday. Both my son and daughter were there as witnesses as well as another dear friend. It was actually a warmer and more romantic event than I thought it would be. In fact the non-crier of the two of us actually cried, which was a sweet thing to see. If you know me, I’m usually the crier and Edmi turns and looks at me and says “are you crying???!!!” It’s happened on numerous occasions in our travels when I’m moved by where I am and what I’m seeing. I’ll share some photos from the wedding day at the end of this blog.

In closing, I’m writing this as I’m about to fly down to Puerto Rico for the second version of our wedding. This one is taking place in a beautiful church in the town of Humacao. It’s the church in which Edmi’s parents were married. Her Dad, who is 91 years young will be walking her down the aisle. The thought of that might just make my tear machine open for business again. Hopefully I don’t embarrass myself.

Again, I write about these things to encourage those who have suffered great losses to know there is life after the pain. You may not have to get married again or start another job in the same profession. I just say find peace within yourself first. Once you reach that point, you are better equipped to hear and see and feel what the universe is sending you.

Sunshine Always!!!