"What life and love mean to me: The act of giving purpose to our own lives and then walking in empathy towards others with open arms and open hearts, ready to give and serve selflessly without expectation."
Ram Dass
Walking with LucyAnn awhile ago she said she was feeling bad about me having to take on caring for her during this difficult time. I thought for a moment and told her something I have been feeling for some time now. I told her that she has given me a gift, the gift of a new purpose, the clarity of turning the page to a new chapter in my life, a new chapter in both of our lives. It is the gift of each of us finding out what love is really all about. Finding the real meaning of the vow of "in sickness and in health" and how this experience continues to bring us closer to each other. I'm not downplaying what a hard and scary, seemingly impossible time it is for us. But as difficult as it is going through the realities of the chemo treatments, the fatigue, the nausea, the fears, the uncertainties, I am grateful for the deepening of our love and the spiritual gifts it brings.
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