Changes,
Changes
come with time. I began thinking I would revamp Comfort Zone and make it into a
blog on how time changes us and our lives.
An
example would be how my hands started resisting knitting for long periods of
time. I found myself knitting bookmarks for friends instead of sweaters for
winter, because it hurt to knit. Things
change, oh my how they change! Life
turns on us and fractures us, beats us to a pulp and laughs at our weakness.
On August
9th I lost my dear husband of 63 years. The dearest man who ever walked on the face
of the earth—I have proof! So for a blog
post that was supposed to be about beginning again, this is appropriate yet
heart-rending.
Changes. At 1:30 PM on August 8th I found
my sweet husband passed out on the bedroom floor. I stood over him, screaming
his name as I dialed 911. He was already
going away from me. That morning we had
been dancing and kissing in the kitchen.
Neither of us could dance but we were great at the kissing part! We knew
he had a 4cm aortic aneurysm for approximately 5 years. The last tests on the 29th of July
showed nothing had changed and the Doctor pronounced him “in excellent health.” The end was fast and totally unexpected and
horrifying.
Genesis
2:24 says a man should hold fast to his wife, and the
two shall become as one flesh. Matthew 19: 3-6 “Wherefore they are no more
twain, but one flesh.” We were two
halves of a whole and now I am only half a person. I believe it will be different in Heaven! We will be joined again, but it is for God to
decide how that union is accomplished.
That knowledge gives me some peace, but total peace will come slowly.
Love the
person you are with and thank God daily for their presence in your life. Make your relationship stronger everyday and remember
that you can’t say “I love you” enough.
Are there
changes of any kind in your life? Let’s talk
about them.
