Saturday, September 12, 2009

13th wedding anniversary

"We will present a chocolate cake for your wedding anniverary dinner this Sunday," the caller from the Italian restaurant informed me. It will be our 13 year annivesary on Monday.

A few of us blokes were chatting over beer.

"I would rather stay at work than go home to see my wife," Geoff proclaimed.

"We are both lonely, even when we are together, "Mark admitted. "We are living separate lives. We no longer feel any connection to each other, except for the kids."

"It's common for one of us to sleep on the couch," CK chipped in. "And intimacy feels like a chore rather than fun."

And speaking of anniversaries, Rauff wrapped it up..."After 13 years together, my wife was diagnosed with a rapid type of cancer and she died within months. She was sweet, kind, beautiful and a wonderful wife and mother. She was 38 years old when she died. I had no doubt that had she lived we would have finished raising our 2 boys together, shared some wonderful retirement years, and enjoyed old age together. I have 1 thought to add to all of you. If you are in a good relationship with a person whom you love, please, please, don't take that person lightly or for granted. Hold that person and tell her how wonderful she is and how much you love her and what an important part of your life she is, each and every day. There will come a day, for one of you, when that person is no longer there to hear those things. Don't leave them unsaid."



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