Such a wonderful story. It reminds me of the first time I felt happy after my husband's cardiac arrest. I was driving also, and I remember right where I was, but there wasn't anything special that I saw. I don't even remember what I had been thinking about when I suddenly realized I felt happy, and I remember thinking to myself that I hadn't felt that way in years.
That is almost exactly how I experienced it. A shock when you feel happy for the first time and don’t even know how it happened — and hardly recognize that the feeling is possible again.
Amen. This is Showing Up for Life in its finest hour.
The transformational awareness you so beautifully capture here is probably best responded to not by written words, but by the deep and silent smile filling every part of me having just read it, however...
If I may, I can’t resist offering this epilogue:
“As I merged onto the highway I knew the gift I would be bringing to my husband at the close of this day. I would be bringing his beloved wife back home to him.”
Such a wonderful story. It reminds me of the first time I felt happy after my husband's cardiac arrest. I was driving also, and I remember right where I was, but there wasn't anything special that I saw. I don't even remember what I had been thinking about when I suddenly realized I felt happy, and I remember thinking to myself that I hadn't felt that way in years.
That is almost exactly how I experienced it. A shock when you feel happy for the first time and don’t even know how it happened — and hardly recognize that the feeling is possible again.
Yes! And a little sad to realize how long you'd gone without that feeling.
Amen. This is Showing Up for Life in its finest hour.
The transformational awareness you so beautifully capture here is probably best responded to not by written words, but by the deep and silent smile filling every part of me having just read it, however...
If I may, I can’t resist offering this epilogue:
“As I merged onto the highway I knew the gift I would be bringing to my husband at the close of this day. I would be bringing his beloved wife back home to him.”
I am adding that with your permission!!! A better ending!! Thank you, Mary Lynn!!
Of course. Hours later I am still smiling.
Such a beautiful, courageous and uplifting post. ♥️
Thank you, Karen!!