The Other Half

I have often heard, as you have, the spouse being called the other half. I always thought that it was just an old saying for the other half of the marriage. It is much more than that. It is the other half of your heart, the right arm, the other half of the brain that helps make decisions and the other half of a partnership. Harley and I were married for 37 year 6 months. We started as best friends, and grew to be inseparable as if during that short time together, we shared more than just the house. Our thoughts were the same, our likes and dislikes became alike and the love grew so much we shared EVERYTHING!!! If you think you love to hold hands and cuddle when you are young marrieds, we loved holding hands and glancing in each other's eyes. The love is different--it is peace, comfort, and constant. There are no demands--just the desire to spend as much time together as you possibly can. Nothing needs to be said--simply an unspoken word is understood by each. I am so thankful that I got to spend that short time with such a wonderful man. He truly loved me as I loved him. I know, with all my heart, that I will be with him again someday. Today and tomorrow and the next day, I will prepare to be with him again. Oh--I have cried and continue to cry lots of tears and learn to use my half heart and my left arm to do everything I have to do, but I will not give up! I miss him terribly. I will do as the Lord wants me to do. I will dive into His work and hopefully time will go faster than the last 3 weeks have gone. I have lots of people that love and support me and the family and I am eternally grateful for them. We have had an outpouring of love shown. Thank you all! If I have one thing that I could share it is to not let tiny things get between you. They are not worth fighting over. Enjoy your families. Take time for each other. Never go to bed without saying I love you and never go to bed angry. There is only one thing that is important--Your family! As much as I love where we live--I was preparing to go north with him so we would not be apart. Good men are hard to find and I think I got the best one out there!! Maybe not-but he was pretty hard to beat. I miss you Harley! I will be there. Prepare a place.