Pic of my Beloved holding our new Granddaughter Cate on 12/18
This blog actually started as a result of our journey...I wanted to encourage other women to move on in their lives with dignity, regardless if their marriages weathered the storm or not. I wanted to offer a place where they could find someone that maybe was a little bit further in her journey of marital recovery so they could see that it's possible time "can" heal broken hearts.
It seemed I was meeting so many women with torn relationships, separated or divorced...it seemed easier to send them to this blog to hear my own story...and I could do what I try to do more in my life now...focus on the "now" and Stay In The Day with them...encourage them! My story is an important part of my life, it made me realize how precious my Beloved is...and how quickly I nearly lost him. It made me realize that he wasn't the only one that needed to change, I learned I did too. I feel blessed that our family survived the war...but it wasn't easy.
My husband dedicated himself to much counseling, I followed......we worked hard, and still do to learn all we can about each other. We never stopped loving each other, yet our life was nearly stolen from us. I feel we experienced a miracle.....everyday I feel like this. None of this would have been possible if it were not for the Grace God gave us......and the constant helper that He is to us. I always wanted a blueprint of what our recovery would look like in the early years.....I now understand "God" just wanted me to lean on Him, trust Him, one day at a time... I'm getting better at that every day!
I'm trusting my husband again...and I'm trusting that even though there are no guarantees in life with the exception of the Lord never leaving me, we'll grow old together rocking away; just like we always said we would. Happy Anniversary to us! On July 4th we will celebrate 27 years of marriage, by God's Grace...
On a calendar that sits on my husbands desk that is in front of me now, it reads the following for 1/18: "A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them" (taken from Ecclesiastes 3) This seemed so fitting for our anniversary bible verse. We now laugh, we now dance, we now gather stones... Staying In The Day with you... ~CC
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