What Hallmark Movies Taught Me About Marriage

Eyes glued to the screen, another Hallmark movie captured my heart’s undivided attention.

It’s what my heart was tempted to stay hooked on: A storyline of love beating the odds, while fulfilling many of my own desires and dreams about love.

These Hallmark movies are a kind of escape from reality, even if just for a few moments.

But here’s the big difference between the movies and our own reality: There’s always a happy ending on Hallmark movies.

Always.

Soon, if we aren’t careful, we compare the happy endings with our own reality and the result is disappointment.

Since I wanted an even closer look at what happened in my heart and mind as I watched these near fairy-tale films, I decided to view a Hallmark movie and made some mental notes of how it affected me.

And this is what I found.

All’s Well in the Hallmark Universe

In this particular film, a young couple planned their upcoming wedding at a beautiful venue. While there were glitches in the wedding plans, extended family issues, and miscommunication between the bride and groom, all was finally good in the universe as they worked out each issue.

I couldn’t help but think about the message this sends to the many couples experiencing or who will experience glitches in marriage or family. Such as a miscommunication between our spouse and us. And if it doesn’t end well? What then?

Also, I discovered my heart getting caught up in the beginning stages of romance, first love. Ah, sweet love. Then I remembered when my husband and I were young, in love, and in the initial stages of our blossoming relationship.

So are we different today? A resounding Yes! We’ve been married over three decades, of course our relationship is different than in the beginning. Because different is often better and sweeter.