Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne!?!?!?!?

Yeah, for some bizare reason I got tired of hearing the regular news so I stopped the channel flipper-clicker to the E-Channel. They were doing a special on the Osbourne family - "a family," they say "that stays together even during the tough times because they love each other."

Did you know that heavy metal families could actually love each other?

I thought you had to be straight-laced, with a spot-free reputation like June Cleaver's freshly laundered bed linens. You know, crisp, clean, pure, fresh with a spring like aroma.

Anyway, they interview Sharon, wanting to know how she has stayed with her husband Ozzy for so many years, even through all the rough times.

So get this - she says, "Well, it took me quite a few years of trying to change Ozzy unsuccessfully, when I finally realized you can't change someone, you have to accept them for who they are."

I think we "know," she's right. But how often do we follow that practice?

What are effective ways of being in relation to each other without trying to change those around us?

By the way, she would say that they were truly in love when they got married.