There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone. And it wasn't something better.

Richard Paul Evans
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There’s a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they’ll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better will come along and take her. In my case, it wasn't someone.

And it wasn't something better. My wife was my soulmate. I knew she was the one when we first met.

We were just two lonely people lost in the world together at the time. We stuck together through thick and thin, good times and bad, and through that into marriage, then children, then grandkids. The day she got sick into the hospital to get checked out for tests I thought my world was over. But I had to remember what she taught me about not wasting time on things you can’t change so I began working on her recovery instead.

She didn't want me to be sad or worried about her so she encouraged me to focus on getting everything done so we could stay home together doing the things we loved the most which were family and friends over dinner and drinks; watching our favorite shows; playing games; snuggling; touching; talking; laughing; kissing; sharing stories; thinking about how lucky we are that life brings us together like this…that’s what made all of this possible for us to face this challenge instead of facing it alone.

Source: The Walk

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