I am very thankful for my husband and our marriage. I am extra blessed when it comes to Chris. Besides being a great guy, he's a living, walking, talking miracle! Anyone who knows me knows this story. Our marriage started with Chris having a horrible accident. Just as we were figuring out our lives together, the accident came as a major change. That day forever changed us.
We were young, but not invincible. I had turned 26 the month before and Chris was about to turn 30 that week. I was encouraged by the hospital chaplin to say my goodbyes to my husband of almost 9 months. I just couldn't say the words. As I stood outside the doors to the operating room and Chris lay on a gurnee, I held his left hand with my left hand and squeezed his shoulder with my right. The only words other than 'I love you' I could muster were for him to hurry up and come back to me. Thankfully he did!
It's been a long time since the accident. I wish it wasn't a part of our lives, but I some how can't seem to shake it. So I finally decided to embrace it. God blessed me richly that day. I was told he wouldn't survive the surgery and he did. I was given grim hope that if he lived, the possibility of him returning to normal was slim. He is so close to normal that you wouldn't notice the deficits.
I don't often embrace the change or the hard times it brought, but the one thing I wouldn't trade is the bond between us and my bond to his family. So this Thanksgiving and every day since February 13, 2003 I am thankful for God's blessings and mercies.
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