We’re encouraged to seek our own spirituality and live our own truth. When it comes to commitment, our current culture is stuck in a tragic impasse. Overnight so many of the things that initially drew me to her were suddenly gone or radically changed. But, three years later, the woman to whom I spoke those vows had a near-fatal brain-stem stroke. We spoke some of the most heartbreaking, breathtaking words one can ever say,“ For worse…For poorer…In sickness…Until death”. On our wedding day eleven years ago, my wife Katherine and I honestly looked the best we would ever look, and we were feeling the love. But perhaps we need to start writing some new ones. And my marriage, like every commitment birthed of true, unstoppable goodwill toward someone else, has meant an end to part of the life I dreamed for myself, a death of the future Me I always thought I would be.Īdmittedly, this isn’t what’s sung about in most love songs. As the caregiver for a disabled spouse, my life will no doubt be shortened due to the inherent physical and emotional strain. I say this without sarcasm or angst, and I mean this both literally and figuratively. I often wonder if my marriage will be the death of me.
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