Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Fidelity

From Baptist Press:

"Perhaps in all our talk of romance and candlelight, we should re-emphasize that sometimes the romance is deferred, sometimes the fireworks are postponed. Perhaps rather than always pointing to the example of a sexy young married couple, we should point our older teenagers and young married couples to the 87-year-old man who has been wheeling his wife into the congregation every Sunday for 30 years, since she lost the use of her arms and legs in a stroke, or to the 60-year-old woman who faithfully shaves the face of her Alzheimer's-riddled husband, even as he curses and swats at a woman he doesn't remember."

Reminds me of my grandparents. They love each other and you can see it in the way they care for each other. Grandpa had a stroke about three years ago, and Grandma has faithfully and selflessly taken care of him. Amazing! Their relationship is an example of a relationship I want to follow.

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