Once Again

I last blogged back in January we have had a lot of computer problems, they will be fixed Wednesday.  Also since my last post my 92 year old mother died. The grief for that is a strange thing. I last saw her about two years ago. It had gotten so she could not even recognize her own children. It is the saddest thing in the world when an old person’s mind is gone but the body keeps on going.

The theme for the month is to give up something. I don’t know if I will stick to theme all month but to start. I am going to give up trying to grieve for my mother as the world does. I had actually done that a couple of years ago when she stopped knowing who I was.

I keet thinking she and dad were dancing now. I never actually saw them dancing, theirs was a private love. But it was long lasting love. If dad has lived eight more days they would have reached their Sixtieth wedding anniversary. Very few couples manage to stay married even a third of that amount of time most of today’s marriages are a couple of years then move on to the next partner.

When Mario and I got married we were given a plaque we have in the living room.

Marriage Takes Three
by Beth Stuckwick
Marriage takes three to be complete;
It’s not enough for two to meet.
They must be united in love
By love’s Creator, God above.
A marriage that follows God’s plan
Takes more than a woman and man.
It needs a oneness that can be
Only from Christ– marriage takes three.