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It has been a little over a year since my husband was diagnosed with leukemia. We have spent this year holding hands, staying up late just talking, and crying, and laughing. Whatever we didn't get hashed out when we were younger has certainly been aired now. we have no secrets.
We are having a second honeymoon, or another one anyway.
The day he heard from the doctor I took him to tea. We had the floor pulled out from under us, and I had to get out of the doctors office ASAP. I needed to get away with him somewhere to absorb it. Waiting for a referral in the doctors waiting room was too cold. We walked for a while.
We went to a small patio restaurant nearby filled with flowering vines, fountains and birdsong. We ordered a full tea, he had never gone to a teashop with me before.(too sissy)
We held hands the whole time,and ate small sandwiches, scones and clotted cream, and earl grey tea. He had a lavender infused creme' brulee, why not? I don't know how we could even swallow, but we sipped and took in every bright beautiful moment and promised each other we wouldn't miss another sweet thing again.
A couple of people happening by remarked that we looked happy. Guess what, we were.
Today we put in our vegetable garden, heirloom tomatos, couple of kinds, and grape tomatos, some herbs, beans, squash, potatos, lots of things. who knows what may be coming? it will have to come looking for us. We aren't waiting around for bad news.
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Posted by circe on 2008-03-25 00:10:24 | Rating: | Views: 117
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