Friday, August 21, 2015

ordinary days


My husband sits quietly
you'd never know
that he went to the mat
with the grim reaper
twice in the last month

I stand before the stove
stirring
a soup of disparate ingredients

Though prayer got us through this
its seems like so much more
was needed to chase the awful, ugly
horrifying thoughts of what if away

He never was one for emotional display
but one tear running down his face
before they took him away a second time
was a masterpiece of conveyance

I slept in a chair in the family waiting room
missing all the things of life that keep me centered
sharing my heart thoughts with strangers
that are living in this realm of waiting, too

and again after a week, a week he was to come home
...complication
and again we enter the realm
of the reaper

No, you would never know by looking at him
that he has returned from that land,
a boneyard filled landscape

His body continues to heal
but somehow that one tear
tore a slice of his ordinary days
our ordinary days








19 comments:

  1. Saying prayers for both of you!

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  2. Oh how terrible for both of you Suz. Thinking of you both.

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  3. Gentle hugs and then a HURRAH for him "walking away from the mat." (With Jesus' help)

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  4. Gentle hugs and then a HURRAH for him "walking away from the mat." (With Jesus' help)

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  5. Gentle hugs and then a HURRAH for him "walking away from the mat." (With Jesus' help)

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  6. Ugh. I am sorry for the stress and all you have gone through with this. I am glad that all is better as well in the end.

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  7. So sorry to hear this, Suz, glad your husband is feeling better now ...
    thinking of you,
    Sylvia

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  8. What an awful thing to have to go through. Scary. Glad to hear your husband is doing better now.

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  9. I hope the two of you are recovering from whatever health scare this was Suz, best wishes and hugs to you.

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  10. God bless you two...I was worried and I missed your wonderful writing. Your husband and of course you are in our prayers!

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  11. Something we all dread, especially as we age. You have really put your finger on it with your words.What a fine writer you are.

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  12. Oh, Suz! So beautifully expressed. Blessings to you both.

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  13. Suz, I have been away for so long, I had no idea. Please know that you and your husband are in my prayers.

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  14. Will pray. I hope better days lie ahead for you both.

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  15. Suz, strength and healing blessings to both of you.

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  16. Suz, you are in my thoughts so often. When I check in and you aren't here I feel lonely for you! How are things going?
    xoxox

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  17. Beautifully written. I've missed you. Hope your husband is going to be fine. Thinking of you.

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  18. Beautifully written. I've missed you. Hope your husband is going to be fine. Thinking of you.

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