"Something to think on"

     I was in wal-mart earlier today looking for something to help with this nasty cold that would work fast. My husband informed me he was walking over to check his blood pressure and while I was still looking I could hear him speaking with someone. I finally found what I thought might would work and walked towards my husbands location. He was helping an elderly gentleman locate an item in the health section. I quickly found the item for the gentleman and when I placed it into his hands he looked at my husband and myself, he said "I don't know where anything is or what I am doing, you see my wife of 62 years passed away 5 months ago." He looked at my husband and said "you never know just how much your wife does for you until they aren't there to do those things anymore." Of course my husband was as speechless as I was. You could see the loss in his eyes and hear it in his voice. I was already tearing up listening to this gentleman. He went on to say "people tell me time will heal the hurt, but I know without a doubt this is not so." He said "it just didn't seem like 62 years, but it was. We loved each other and it just didn't seem like we were married that long." As he began to walk off, while shaking his head looking so confused in the big store, he looked up at us and said "God bless you for helping me." I was absolutely aching in my heart for this dear man and tried to watch him to see if there was anything else that I could possibly assist him with. He looked so lost but stood in an aisle for a few minutes seeming to gather his thoughts, and proceeded to get the remainder of his needs and went to check out. I knew he would be okay now that he had what he needed.
The last time I had seen something like this was when my grandmother passed away. My grandfather and her had  been married for almost 62 years at the time of her death and I seen this same loss in my grandfather. Its a beautiful love that you witness, but in the same moment you dread ever feeling that loss. I will have been married to my love for 16 years this Christmas eve and even in this short amount of time I cannot fathom the pain it would cause me to not have him here with me on this earth. Yes, I do know that we will be reunited in heaven and what a glorious time that will be, but the earthly loss will be great.
We really should take the time to love hard and take advantage of every moment that we have with our spouse. Make our lives count for something. This encounter that I had with this sweet man today, will stay with me for quite sometime and I wanted to share it with you. It certainly something to think on.....

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