Days Apart

Danger Work Ahead

From time to time, we all have to put off what we really want to do. I was starting to make the type of progress on my website when I am informed that I will have to delay what I am doing. Loving my wife, I immediately said yes. Some may say that I just said yes to keep peace in the house. They would be mistaken. I can not ever do enough for my wife, after the last fourteen months. The last fourteen months have been scary for me. Last year, I had major heart surgery and Gillion Burre Syndrome( a condition that could have killed me), my wife sacrificed her own desires to make sure I had the help I needed. Including getting in a doctor's face for not trying to find the answer to what was wrong with me. She has never complained about having to take care of me when I could not stand or feeding me when I could not feed myself. She told me that we were going to have some work done on our new home. This is work that she and I had agreed upon last year.

All Ahead Full

Before the work can begin on our home, I have to do some major cleanup. There is still some construction debris left that has to be cleaned up. Part of this will be transferring it to a place where it can be burned. Part of it is to organize some material to where it will be out of the way but still be accessible(this is not her strong suit). I can only work for about fifteen minutes at a time before I have to sit and recover my strength. I will sit for about twenty minutes in order to regain my strength. I have done most of the work now and soon the extension will be added to our foundation.

The work that we are having done is to add a five-foot extension onto the slab of our house. This will serve two purposes, one is to help stop erosion around our house and the other is to give us a nice area to sit in the evening when it has cooled off. My wife has always wanted an area to sit in the early morning and late evening to enjoy the beauty that we are blessed to see every day. I do not mind showing her in this way that I am more than thankful for what she has so selfflessly given to me. How do you repay those moments or months of empathy and compassion so freely given? Do you need to reflect on what others have done for you? Can you pay it forward as we are asked to do? The rewards of paying it forward are tremendous. You will receive far more than you ever can give.

Jerry