Life doesn’t always take the direction we thought it would

 

 

Within the first 6 months of our marriage,

we survived a property dispute that could have cost us our new home.

 

We survived illness and deaths of several family related folks all within a year.

 

We survived the potential of job loss and of job changes.

 

Together we made it through years of ‘undiagnosed infertility’

And continue to be blessed by ‘Black Rose’ for whom we are both eternally grateful. 

 

We came through Patty’s fight with Wilsons Disease and her passing. 

Your mom’s illness and then your dad,

 diagnosed with Bone and Blood Cancer as well as his passing.

 

My folks with their various health concerns.

 

We have shared and overcome so much;

but after 25 years… things have changed for both of us. 

 

Our lives are like a chocolate cake. 

One made with time and love,

with a few nuts thrown in for flavour,

and topped with thick chocolate icing.

  

Life continues and each of us will go on making chocolate cake. 

I wish you all the best.

 

Life is just like an old time rail journey; delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust, cinders, and jolts, interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is to thank the Lord for letting you have the ride.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley