He cannot forget! (I get it now!)
I have been reading through old blog posts and deleting the dead links and correct grammar (of which Kim says I may be a lost cause.)…but as I read this post the tears flowed. Today I got what it was I was writing about. (Never claimed to be a smart person either..)
This past week I have been walking with Kim as she gone through her treatment for Papillary Carcinoma. This week has been a blessing and a challenge….I have dealt with:
- The lovely fustration of flu
- The reasons I missed the noise of children.
- The challenge of living the balanced life.
- The reality of discipleship
I can remember sitting in that bathroom stall in the hospital crying my eyes out after the doctor told me that she had lost a great deal of blood. Was I crying because of the loss I was feeling? No my tears were tears of relief that she was going to be okay. After her mom had left….I wanted her to feel like it was going to be okay….she said something to me that, to me at least, was an indicator that we would be together for a long time.
” I love you not because of what you have or what you have done.” she said with that beautiful smile. “I love you because you love me unconditionally and even in spite of my interesting life and all the challenges…you haven’t run from it…you have walked with me through it.”
I get now! Love isn’t so much about the stuff you have or the things you say…but it is in the journey that true love is found and the substance of what a real relationship comes from.
I look forward to the journey that Kim and I have ahead of us…not so much in the fact that we are getting married…but in the reality that our journeys are merging and our journey instead of being two we will have a lifetime to walk together for as long as the Lord sees fit to let us.
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