Monday October 19 2015  MY BEST FRIEND

 

CALENDAR WISDOM

OCTOBER 19, 2015

EVERY TIME WE TURN

GREEN WITH ENVY WE

ARE RIPE FOR TROUBLE.

 

Getting away is always a fun adventure.  I would not be honest with myself if I did not say that getting away changes things for me.  Even though there is much I enjoy, there are always things that I miss from my normal routine.  Two such things stand out blatantly on this trip.  The first being the combination of eating too much food and not enough exercise leads to weight gain, and the second is my quiet time with the Lord seems more and more difficult to carve out during the day.  It is a bit easier if I am on a solo trip.  I like being with people and if people (in this case Dave) are around, it seems there is always something to do and talk about.  Right now is about the only “alone” time I have had and what do I do?  I write my blog.

We headed toward home yesterday afternoon.  Our original plan was to spend a night in Branson as a layover to help us be closer to home for the long drive.  As most of you know Dave is having surgery Friday for an inguinal hernia repair.  Well, the last few days it has progressively grown worse.  He is in bed resting, and we are still at Branson.  We plan to stay one more night and hope that some of the protrusion he is experiencing will go down some.  It has not happened yet.  I am writing my blog in the late afternoon so I can hopefully go to bed very early and get a good night’s sleep so we can leave by 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning.  I plan to do most of the driving.  I usually know when he feels under the weather because it is only then that he relinquishes “his turn” at the wheel.  If you remember us tomorrow, Tuesday, please pray for our protection on the highways.

It has purposely been a slow day.  We have not left our facility here in Branson.  I had enough provisions to make certain we didn’t starve.  I hope Dave sleeps okay tonight after napping and resting today. 

Early this morning we called the doctor’s office and they suggested I take him to urgent care but he refused to go.  If he gets worse at all you can bet we’ll be in the emergency room.  He has minimal pain at present and that is a good thing.  He was also told he could do minimal exercise of walking on a flat treadmill. While he walked on the treadmill I did a workout.  It will be good when we get home as long as he doesn’t overdo.  He is intent on putting the patio furniture to bed before he goes in for surgery.  We’ll see.  If I must, I will do it myself to keep him from doing it.  The raking of the leaves and cleaning of the gutters will be hired out. 

We did play a couple of card games this morning.  The first one I boxed myself into a corner (through Dave’s aggressive maneuvers) and after two rounds of Nine Whole Golf there was absolutely no way possible for me to dig myself out of the hole I was in.  I conceded loss.  The second game was Hand and Foot and it is a four round game.  I WON!  Yeah!  At least I won something.  I failed to mention that Dave had already won a few other games he played with me last week.  I don’t know if I want to play any additional games.  I don’t know if I could handle another loss.

Dave is my very best friend.  We were talking about that while we played cards.  We feel so fortunate that we each have a best friend in the other.  It is awesome that it just happens to be our spouse.  Not only do I love my husband dearly, but I like him too.  I know that no one else in the world knows him like I do and I think what a sad lot that is for the world.  He is kind and patient (most of the time), courteous and long suffering.  He is smart and is full of knowledge but never tries to show it off.  He has deep wisdom and gives excellent counsel.  He is tender and loving and even romantic.  And he treats me like a lady.  Actually, he treats me like a queen.  How could I not be in love with him for over 43 years?  I loved him the moment I laid on eyes on him and I didn’t even know his name.  I think I have told the story in a previous blog of how we met so I won’t retell the story here.  For some reason all of these feelings just came up as I sat here writing my blog, thinking about him having surgery on Friday, and being concerned for his safety.  Dave helps me proofread my blog at the end of the day and he will probably be embarrassed to read these words I have written about him.  He has asked me not to write much about his personal information regarding how he is losing weight and working out and his surgery and so on and so on.  So I try not to write too frequently about him (quite unsuccessfully), but tonight I just had to say what I had to say.  When you love someone you want others to know. 

As much as Dave is just the right person for me, I do realize he is not perfect, but neither am I.  The only thing is I just keep learning more and more things about just how imperfect I truly am.  God is still working on me and working fast.  Wherever I go, whatever I do, it seems I just have things pointed out in the most unusual ways.  Dave may read out loud a little something out of the newspaper or an email and WHAM-O, there it is in print and I see myself in a new light.  And it seems like the Holy Spirit just points things out that I am to listen to and learn.  And I am trying.

Uh-oh.  Dave just came down the stairs and says he hopes I have another card game in me.  I think I am somewhat at a disadvantage.  He has rested and slept and I have been busy talking to my daughter on the phone and writing this blog.  I still have a poem to choose off the shelf (the shelf in my heart where they are stored until God helps me put them in writing).

 

MY BEST FRIEND

By Kathleen Martens

October 19 2015

 

I guess you could say

This has been a nothing day.

No great events,

No money spent.

 

Peace and quiet,

Great without riot.

Subdued and sweet,

Really a treat!

 

But there is left,

Without bereft,

One more round

On which to expound.

 

Challenged to play

At the end of the day

One more card game

To catapult me to fame.

 

So I agree,

To fly free,

And do my best

Without rest!

 

At his request

I will do his behest.

But I hope I win

My very best friend.

 

Good night and God bless you.