A (Too) Late Night Thought

Well, I'm up and I definitely shouldn't be.. feeling atrocious, sweating like a pig, coughing like a.. I don't know.

Some of my best thoughts have been accomplished too late at night, and this one might be another. You guys know the Shaytards? They've got a pretty awesome thing going that's been alive for several years, documenting their family things, designed to "inspire hope that families can last together.. forever." They're a strong Christian (Mormon, actually.. but remember that no edit deal?) family although they're definitely not obnoxious about it in their vlogs, which serves all the better to convey their message. Pretty inspirational, very funny, just a pleasure to watch. It's like home videos taken to the extreme, combined to accomplish something pretty important.

Say I don't live the fantastic life of solitude abroad.. say I do settle down and raise a family. I'm promising that hypothetical and future wife right now, actually formally a while back (to myself.. but stored.. whatever, it's written now) that we'll stick together forever, because that's really what marriage is all about. Lifelong commitment to a relationship independent of happiness, with a foundation in unconditional love, and a sense of accountability to the other before God to cooperatively lead a synchronized life -- as one. The flesh combined.. you get the verse I'm getting towards.. I just want my marriage to be how God would want it to be. That's not how the church has traditionally described it -- because we're not even parting at death. Because of the greatest sacrifice and gift of all time, we get to enjoy one another forever. And that's pretty cool.

Buutt back to my point -- videorecording home life is a brilliant idea. I'd love it.
One of those things that would be really, really fun to look back on whenever..
One of those things that would be great to enjoy with my wife, with my kids, and with my family.
One of those awesome, too late at night, ideas.

Citation due.. this'll have to do:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SHAYTARDS?feature=g-all-s

And would you look at that, it rhymed!