Today, February 14, is Valentine’s Day. A day when romance is in the air, and marketing and advertising focuses on romantic love.
My wish today for Valentine’s Day is actually for you.
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Category Archives: partners
Where I Am and Transitions
This photo was taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. It features the core of downtown Washington, DC, with the Potomac River on the lower left, and the U.S. Capitol in the middle, facing “the mall” and north up Pennsylvania Avenue where festivities of today will be celebrated.
Am I there for today’s ceremonial Presidential inaugural festivities?
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Good News
So much of the news these days is bad. I thought I would share some good news for a change. Two good things have happened to me lately….
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Quiet Break
I am taking a break from blogging for a while — at least during the Christmas holidays.
My fiance is feeling miserable — flare ups of his long-term infection. I have to “babysit” his mother and keep her fed, entertained, and fed, as my fiance can’t help.
Kinda lousy Christmas…. I was hoping for better, but it isn’t going to be.
I have faith, he WILL get better… someday. Just not today, this week, or next.
I hope you have a much better, happier, and enjoyable holiday.
See you later,
BHD
Let the Munching Begin
My mother-in-law is with us now, spending the next week with us for Christmas. She lives near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, about a five-hour drive north and west of where my fiance and I live. I drove to her home on Tuesday, took her on errands and to doctor’s appointments on Wednesday, and drove her back to our home yesterday.
Since my mother-in-law cannot drive or is not able to use any form of transit (bus, train, plane), we have to go get her and drive back and forth when she visits.
My fiance usually goes to get her for a week’s visit in the summer and this week, too, but we had to cancel that visit this past summer because my fiance’s illness had other ideas.
My fiance still is not allowed to drive his own car, because he still has some recurring symptoms of his illness that could occur without warning, and if he were driving a car, he could crash. While I do not like to drive long distances (especially in a cage), having my fiance’s Mom with us for Christmas meant a lot to my fiance, to her, and to me as well. I want to do everything I can to make my fiance happy.
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Weekend: Bringing Happiness to My Fiance
This past year has been difficult, with my partner being so ill that almost every day, we could not do very much and I stood by his side, trying to help. Now it is one year after his first frightening symptoms appeared. He is slowly improving, and I am delighted that this past weekend, we had two good days in a row, where we had fun! You read about Saturday, where our “fun” was doing chores around the house, helping friends with grocery shopping, then getting some time for me to go for a ride on my Harley.
Sunday was a great day, too. It began, as we usually begin, with a warm, lazy snuggle while watching dawn break on the trees in the forest behind our house. It never ceases to amaze us how lovely this sight is to behold as the early red color of sunrise transforms to a bright gold contrasted against the dark grey bark of the trees.
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My Fiance’s Birthday
Today is my fiance’s birthday. I kinda like calling him that….
He insisted that he did not want any presents, party, or even a pie. (He has never been a cake-eater, but always liked lemon meringue pies. Unfortunately due to his illness, pie is on his “no-no” list.)
But I couldn’t let his special day go by without giving him something. So this is what he finally let me give to him:
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A Non-Birthday Birthday
My partner’s birthday is Monday. I would love to plan a simple recognition for him, meeting is desire for a quiet, reserved, private celebration, as we have done for nigh some 20 years. He never was the type to want a party or even go out for dinner. He has no friends, so there’s no one else but me with whom to spend his birthday.
Back in the day…
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Enjoying Autumn With My Partner
I enjoy all seasons with my beloved partner, but it seems as if autumn presents more opportunities for “us” photos.
Here is “us” taken yesterday in our back yard. While he is still recovering from his long-term infection, he looks great (despite the sneakers on his feet–he is not the Bootman in the family).
Life is short: show those you love how you love them.
Values
I am repeating a blog post from 2008, as I find what I wrote back then to be rather insightful and as applicable today as it was back then.
Values drive one’s very essence of being. Values define who someone is and how he lives his life.
As I was musing about what to blog about today, I was thinking about a conversation that I share with my partner often. As different as we are in personality, our core values are the same. That is really what keeps us together, and continues to serve as the foundation of our relationship. We share these values:
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