Alone Together!

The Gentle Giant and I spent the entire day ALONE! We spent a lot of time talking about the future and how we are going to handle what may come. I assurred him that I will always be here for him no matter what. He seems worried. He told me he felt like he had a knife in his back, to add to all the others. I asked him how many he had and he told me-4. 1. Losing Otto. 2. Losing Bobbie Jo. 3. My difficulties with my health. 4. Becoming ill.
I told him to yank those knives out of his back and throw them away. As a wise friend of mine told me, (JuJu) "when you come to the edge of a cliff, just keep going. God will either catch you or teach you how to fly". I don't know what to do to ease his hurt over the things that have happened in his life, but I will do all I can.
We shopped at Walmart tonight. It was so nice to have just the two of us, all over the store, talking, laughing and kidding around. It is like being teenagers again, just 40 years later. I believe if I can find more opportunities like this, then the despondency will lift for Martin. After all, we haven't come this far not to enjoy the fruits of our labors! We will go to church tomorrow, and that is always special for us. There is so much to enjoy, I hope the happy moments can outweigh the difficult ones.