Thursday, February 14, 2019

Your Dying Spouse 581 - Barbara, I Love You! {FMF}

On this Valentine's Day, I could not face my own death in better company.

Pain today has been beyond all rational understanding, but I am nonetheless the luckiest man alive.

What confidence remains in me, I draw from Barbara's strength. (Confident is this week's Five Minute Friday word-prompt.)


In some sweet place ere hell came down
to mutilate and make of life
a scourging and a thorny crown,
I courted me a wife.
We met upon the Internet
and love grew from afar
so that when we finally met
I knew I’d found my Star.
Romance was never in my blood
and ‘fluttery’? Not really,
but for Barb there came a flood
of heart-tide…oh so freely!
Darling, in these days of wracking pain
your love sustains; I’d do it all again.


Music from The Beatles, with Here, There, and Everywhere.



Thanks to Carol Ashby, Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart is back on Kindle, and will be available in paperback soon.

Friends are everything. I couldn't have done it.

Marley, the canine waif from Afghanistan, whom WE helped save, has a Facebook page! Please drop by to see how happy he is today.







Below are my recent releases on Kindle -please excuse their presence in the body of the blog. I haven't the energy to get them up as 'buttons' in the sidebar. You can click on the covers to go to the Amazon links.






36 comments:

  1. (((Andrew)))
    (((Barbara)))
    Sometimes I don't have any words.
    I just want you to know we are thinking of you, praying for you, praying for even moments of pain relief and comfort and peace.

    Annie in Texas

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    1. ((((((Annie!))))))

      We are so grateful, and so blessed by your lfriendship, love, and prayers.

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  2. So sweet; you and Barb are mutually blessed to have each other ��! Praying for pain relief and grace and strength to trust the One who first loved us... And gave Himself.

    Love, Kathryn

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    1. Kathryn, thank you so much for this grace-filled comment...and most especially for your prayers.

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  4. Tis a wonder
    Two distant individuals who He surrounds
    Becomes a force to be reckoned
    Tis not a I or we or us but a thread of Three
    As a witness for the world to see

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    1. Barbara, I love this! Just beautiful...a gift that highlights YOUR gift!

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  5. B has the gift. A thread of 3. Yes, Lord. xo

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  6. Beautiful poetry, both Andrew and Barbara! Thank you.

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  7. <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3 My heart is just so complicatedly full...

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  8. Love, Light and Peace. May God hold you both. <3

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  9. Beautiful poem! I'm glad God brought you together!

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    1. Thank you, Lesley. I'm glad we're togther too.

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  10. Wow! You two are a gift to each other.

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  11. Oh my, so beautiful, Andrew! May God wrap you both in His loving arms as you navigate these difficult times! Love and hugs to you both!

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    1. Thank you so much, Gayl. Love and hugs appreciated, an returned, from both of us.

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  12. hold to that lady of your Andrew, I'm sure she's holding to you as well. :)

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    1. I will hold to her, Annette. Thank you so much!

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  13. I think this a lovely post. As I read it I was hoping Barbara would respond. Love her spice. Bless you both. I spent Valentine's watching old Sherlock Holmes movies. Alas, I don't have a life! Lots of flooding around here. Keeps a person home.

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    1. My dear Norma, thank you so much for this. I was touched by Barb's response as well.

      I'm so sorry about the flooding. Were you watching the Basil Rathbone films? They're great.

      I'm too far gone to do much besides watching DVDs now; my taste tends to run more to Shrek. Which, perhaps, says a lot.

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  14. Andrew, God wraps gifts in all sorts of packaging. Love is a wonderful thing to have in one's life. I'm so glad you have Barbara and the Lord in yours. Continuing to pray for your comfort.

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    1. I love the way you put this, Suzette. Thank you so much for your prayers!

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  15. I think you are both amazing, especially the way you have continued to look outwards beyond your own pain, helping your friends in hospital and engaging with the comments here for so long. I do hope you are able to get the care and support that you need for yourselves. Praying for you.

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    1. Rachael, wow...thank you1 I am so honoured by your words, and so grateful for your prayers.

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  16. I hate to visit and hear that things have gone from worse to worst, Andrew! I'm beefing up my prayers for you, dear friend! And I LOVE the poem. What a beautiful tribute to your love for Barbara! Hugs and prayers!

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    1. Beth, I'm so grateful for your prayers. Things actually got even worse since the post went up...but I'm still here, motivated by love to stay.

      Hugs back, from both of us.

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  17. Are the rest of y'all constantly checking here as we keep Andrew and Barbara in out prayers?
    Annie in Texas

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    1. Yes, Annie, sure am!! Praying, checking blog, praying some more. Andrew & Barbara, even without a new post or poem, you all are on our hearts and in our prayers.~~~Kathryn in SC

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    2. Annie and Kathryn...thank you so much for checking, and for your love. It means the world to us.

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