I was cleaning out my desk at work today. I found these cards from flowers I’ve received from Shawn.
I adore the “love” words he speaks over me.
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In Sickness
“You are my best friend, and the one I want to spend my life with. I will be here to listen to you, laugh with you, and hold you. I will be here to encourage you and strengthen you as we build our life together. I promise to be your best friend, your love, and your helper. I commit myself to you and you alone for the rest of our lives.”
Those were our vows. I hope that eight and a half years later I’m living them out daily to Shawn. We didn’t include the traditional “for richer or poorer…in sickness and health…” but I think that all of that is summed up.
I’ve been “laid up” for nearly a week now after my surgery. My foot issues go back to June. Shawn has been exceedingly wonderful. I know it isn’t easy dealing with me when I’m not recovering from surgery, so I can’t imagine what dealing with a one legged wife with wheels is like. He’s been patient, loving, compassionate, and most of all selfless. I am truly one blessed wife.
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A Saint’s Faith
Yesterday we had a family memorial service for my husband’s grandma who passed away this Spring. I listened as my family told of the impact that she had on their lives. From her giving her blessing for marriage to one of my sisters-in-law before she and my brother-in-law were even dating to my husband and his brothers going to her house on Friday nights and playing games and drinking milk shakes and watching StarTrek Next Generation.
My brother-in-law, Collin said that his most impacting memory of her was her faith. Grandma Wilma was 93 when she transferred from Earth to Jesus’ presence in Heaven. As I listened to Collin, my thoughts kept circling back to I hope that when I die that the part of my life that was most impacting is my faith and walk in Jesus. I don’t want people to go, “Oh, she was a Christian?” I pray that my life would have at least have the impact that hers did.
