But, as Valentine's Day approached this year, I thought long and hard of what my Valentine's Day was like in 2012. That is why LOVE is very personal to me. Love is not just about one day for me, love is many, many things to me. I reflect on the love of my friend Elaine holding my hand in the ER on Mother's Day evening as a tube was put in my nose.......or in the wee hours of the morning when our friends Jean and Serge answered Bill's frantic phone call to help get me out of bed and head to the ER once again. The love I felt when I saw my son Michael standing next to my bed in the Intensive Care Unit. That's not how you want your child to see you. And of course, our steadfast neighbors Paul and Gloria always providing food and support in every way possible. I could go on and on so I will stop there, but you get my feeling of why LOVE is very personal to me.
February last year was a reminder of hard times. But, through it all I survived the many procedures, chemo, etc. and discovered what real LOVE is all about. Love for me is not about the fast dance, but the slow dance that will reward me with the most blessings. I must continue to trust in God, have faith and courage, but most of all be open to Love that comes in many forms.
It took some work and planning this year to show my Love Bird what he means to me. He has endured many a pot of soup, crock pot of something and cornbread during this process to win the battle. It took me several days to cook everything, but OUR day yesterday turned out just great. I made his favorite meal: Meatloaf and gravy, mac and cheese, fresh vegies, yeast rolls and of course homemade banana pudding! Here are the pictures to prove it!
After making this meal, maybe some of my Math aficionados out there can tell me why I needed to know algebra to get by in life. I could always balance my check book, convert a recipe or figure out measurements for sewing. Only God knows how in the world I became Secretary to the AVP of Treasury at BellSouth, go figure, my boss never asked if I could do algebra only if I could type! To tell you the truth, I thought X's were only to fill in boxes that needed filling......just did not understand the concept of X = Y (Why?) or Y = Z (snoring/boring?) So, I have come to the conclusion that algebra will not be added to my bucket list of things I want to learn before folks sing the words to Hymn of Promise at my funeral, which by the way, if I just keep to God's plan for me, will be a few more years! I have lots of loving left in me.........hang in there folks!
I will do what I do best and reflect on the love I have felt over the years by remembering the puppy love of boyfriends, marriage, holding my babies and grandbabies, remembering their sweet smell, the continued love from parents, grandparents, family and dear friends. Just a snippet of some of my personal love memoirs. Here is a picture of me and my Valentine!
I pray all of you that read this will know and feel the love I have for each of you. I truly could not go on without the support of God, my husband, my mom, family and friends. I hope and pray that if I can just inspire at least one person that has suffered from cancer or any other debilitating trauma in their life, to never give up and believe that Love, faith and courage will sustain you.
All my Love,
Glenda
