Tax Day! Ummmm....for lots of us, this is just not one of the top 6 holidays that we look forward to. My son has, however, given to me a wonderful thought for tax day. We are off to a his wedding in a few hours and that is just the start of a brand new life. It is so amazing how many times that couples, who have lived together for an extended period of time, just can't seem to understand that it is really all the same thing....but the piece of paper and the emotional status of the word "commitment". We live in a world, that it is just easier to get the divorce, then to deal with that scarey word - commitment. I am just not sure why it is such a hard word. Does anyone out there have any idea as to why this word causes life so much confusion???? It is just a word, like, love, hate, want, need, forever....no we don't have much trouble with all of those words. Is commitment like a something we are conditioned to be able to walk away from..like my trying to quit smoking. I go to bed commited to the fact that I will not smoke the next day....I break that commitment almost daily....Commitment...for better or worse, for richer for poorer....well that is all easy, as these things happen to us as a normal part of life. Maybe we should just change the word to "attached" to each other, or mates for life like the wonderful morning doves. For them it is easy....so lets just take a breath and reach out to avoid that word that causes so many issues with relationships!!