Monday was the second Valentine’s Day without Glen. I remember that final valentine’s day two years ago - Glen was pain free for three days. On 2-14-2009 I wrote:
Valentine day - and small hope flows from my heart...(he) has experienced a good deal of relief from his pain since he got the cortisone shot...I think one of the most frustrating things for him is that he has been unable to do anything because of the pain.
The pain relief was short lived and not due to cortisone shot but the nerve block administered prior to the cortisone. Last year, the first valentine’s day after he died I wrote:
Valentine’s day - (we) used to laugh about this “hallmark holiday”...I suppose we were an unusual couple for our time, so interdependent on one another that I never realized what loneliness I would feel when he was no longer with me.
Last year I tried to focus on our love - hugs, kisses, not just reserved for that one day, but shared every day. This year I received a valentine in the mail. It was from the County of Santa Barbara, vital statistics office. It was a copy of our marriage license. I luxuriated in the memories of our love once again.
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