March 17, 2016
Keep Going!

I listen to you every day as I walk three miles in my neighborhood.  Thank you for keeping me company and being that voice in my ear saying "It doesn't matter if you LIKE it, Pattie, DO IT.  Keep going!"

I have peripheral neuropathy and have some bad days and nights with it.  Last night, I woke up at 1:30AM to feel my husband rubbing my feet.  I hadn't asked him to do this, but for about ten minutes he rubbed them to help me sleep better.  When I woke up again at 5:30AM, he rubbed my feet again.

When I finally got up to go to work, I came out to the kitchen which smelled of bacon cooking on the stove.  I asked him if my restlessness kept him up at night and if that was the reason he gave me foot massages.  His response?  "No, not at all - I just felt as though you needed some comforting."   Then my tears started - that's what grown-up love looks like.  I remain grateful and content, even in pain.   

Pattie



Posted by Staff at 10:59 AM