Thanks for your lovely, supportive post! Made me smile.
Chuck and I were high school sweethearts although he was 3 years older (definitely less mature). So at 15 - I chose the man I was going to marry. DUMB! His dad attempted suicide shortly after we met. He was the most annoying drunk I'd ever known. Never saw him sober (well, maybe twice) and he was angry all the time. I just could not stand being around him. Yet when ex was leaving me - he went on and on about how much he missed his dad. He knew his dad had done unforgivable things (yes, to me personally too) yet all of a sudden - he wanted the R that I had with my Dad and started crying about it all through our 25th anniversary dinner etc. Screwed up????
I love the poem "Footprints" and have brought it to mind many times when I needed to be reminded. Like you, I do not go to church but I am spiritual and a Christian. I commune with God and nature. I respect the religious views of others unless they "get in my face". The thing is - here where I just moved - there are 3 local churches but it seems that all the people I seem to know - go to the United church. And they LOVE it. And they have invited me and I have declined. However, I've actually considered checking it out since they seem to be such a nice group of people. I DO socialize with them at other community events too, though, since I joined the Lions.
Today is the 7th anniversary of my mother's passing. She died too young - cancer of the esophagus -I've been really missing her. Strangely, last week when it became inevitable that Ryan needed to go into hospital and I was crying - I cried to Josh that I missed my Mom and just needed her to bake me warm chocolate chip cookies. How weird was that? My Mom would be there at the hospital, reading books to Ryan - just as I have been. I was just looking outside and see my peonies in bloom. My Mom grew peonies. I will bring a couple indoors today in honour of her.
And on to the hospital shortly. I have the workers coming in from 1 to 5 so I can be there on my own in the morning and deal with the drs and the bureaucrats. Not expecting too much today but hope for some answers tomorrow.
It will hit near record highs today and sunny. I'm going out on my Seadoo. Swam yesterday and I hope to start reading a book. Maybe get a start on one of our Book Club reads for Fall - "The Woman Who Went To Bed for a year" (Something like that. I like that idea - LOL
