FROM CAREN, 03/29

Good morning my friends....or afternoon I should say. It takes me a while to type and sometimes I am unable to look at the computer screen very long because of my dizziness or headaches....but that's okay it gives me a chance to appreciate the beauty around me or to focus, breathe and center myself. 

This has been my one week Anniversary from the hospital this past Thursday - what a Journey of love and amazing possibilities. What a week for fantastic opportunities to Help One Person Excel.....even if that one person is myself.

So for good news....some night this past week (I don't remember the exact day but I think Thursday - my husband presented me with something so amazing....

My Wedding Rings....

I had asked him what happened to them and apparently they were given to him in a small pill bottle, all covered in blood, that consumed the vision of both rings - he couldn't face that pain to clean them after the wreck and gave them to my mom to put in a safe place; so my mom....when she could muster up the courage to do so, cleaned them. Rick told me, we may have to straighten them a little at the jewelers as one was bent a little and the other a little bit squeezed....but they fit.....and the tears flowed - his and mine.

Those rings though only materialistic possessions.....mean so much in the grand scheme of things. I realize now, they also symbolize HOPE. The hope that all the visions and dreams you create and nurture as a couple develop in the way that you want them to - little do we know how much those rings, and their symbology mean and that in a way make us feel grateful to have the life to share with another the same things - good, bad, or ugly.

Thanks mom for cleaning them and thanks Rick for loving me enough to wait for me to be able to wear them and ask about their absence. All in good time.