This Road Called Life

I've been thinking about the past few months of illness and recovery. I wouldn't of missed it for the world. I call my life "The Great Adventure Going Down This Road Called Life."

I fell in love with John the first time I heard about him. You see, I dated his step-brother and he always bad mouthed John. He sounded pretty good to me. When I married John I was crazy about him and now after 45 years of marriage I am still crazy about him.

Who would of thought he would have to wipe my butt, and bath and dress me, and cook and clean house. When we were young we never dreamed what we had ahead of us. The short on money days, the death of our first child, raising three kids with the dentist bills and music lessons. Falling out of love with our church and going back to the church with a devotion far greater than words can explain.

Oh yes, there were dark angry days when it seemed the weight of our burdens would smuther us. But we clung onto each other, knowing "this too shall pass." Growing up together, not loosing sight of the great love we share for each other.

Maybe I am luckier than most, I found the right guy the first time around. When I met John's dad I fell in love with him. He was a good, decent, honest man. He didn't boose with his buddies or carouse around with tooties. John has all his dad's fine qualities and more. When times were lean he always said, "it won't always be like this, I promise." He kept his promise.

Each and every day has a new experience or lesson to learn. These past few months I learned that my men have to become more self-reliable, I can't do all the directing. So, I've set out to teach them to cook, and do the bills, in other words survival skills to keep them going in case of emergency. I've learned how to savor each mouthful of food as well as rejoice in hooking my bra. I've learned that accomplishments don't have to be monumental like climbing Mt. Everest. It's more important to face a challenge and defeat that challenge to the best of my ability.

With a smile on my face and a song in my heart I travel down the road of this great adventure called, Life.