Support - Ask Me What It Means To Me

This morning after breakfast Nicole came to me and apologized that in the last 6 months or so she's been the focus for so many things what with her healing from all that's gone on since last August. I told her not to worry about it, but I also accepted the apology by thanking her for mentioning it....

.... Because it is true. She has been front and center for a while now. I've gone with her to Scottsdale twice, cared for her there and at home, helped her do things she either couldn't do or had trouble doing alone. I've been there for her.

But isn't that what a spouse and a life partner is supposed to do for their partner? Isn't this part of what loving each other is supposed to be about? In my book it is. The tables could easily have been turned. I could have had surgery for some ailment and she could be left to help me and be there for me.

There was a conscious choice for me... it happened when I made a commitment to marry her and be her life partner.... for better or worse, in sickness and in health. It happened when I fell in love.

Wasn't it John Prine who said in You Got Gold:

"It's a measure of treasure that gives me the pleasure of loving you the way I do"