To Have and To Blend

Today is Aaron's 6th Heaven Day. Has it really been 6 years since I held my late husband's hand? It seems like a lifetime ago and yet I can't believe it has only been 6 years. Grief has a funny way of messing with your perspective of passing time. Last night, Hubs and I snuggled together in bed. I reminded him that tomorrow would be January 9th, Aaron's Heaven Day. He let me process those last few days 6 years ago. We shared stories of our journeys and were able to compare scars. I didn't need to explain the details of what it was like because he could understand; he had lived it. I am in awe of God's goodness and wisdom. How incredible that God has lavished such love and compassion upon me through this man. He has given me a man who can understand the heartache of walking with a spouse through the process of death. He can understand the painful memories of a life where cancer is a member of the family. He can understand the ability to cherish memori...

Over the past few months, tune of "What Wondrous Love is This" has run through my head over and over again. "What wondrous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What wondrous love is this, O my soul!" What wondrous love indeed! Hubs and I celebrated our wedding 1 month ago, on July 13, 2018 with our friends, families, our sons, and our God! I can't believe it has been one month already! What wondrous love my Hubs has for me. The poor man came home to his new bride on the one month anniversary of our wedding day with a horrible headache in jammies folding laundry and watching the Office. Without hesitation or mention of what he had planned, he snuggled in to finish folding and cuddle through the end of the episode before putting me in bed with a back massage! What a man!!! He has served me in more ways than I can count! He has graciously walked with me as we figure out how to meet one another's needs as the OTHER one needs them to be met, not how we want ...