We are 35,000 feet in the air on our way to Baltimore to
spend Thanksgiving with the east coast Larsen clan. Our flight was delayed hours and sweet gin is
exhausted. She fell asleep before take
off and has not stirred. Thank God for
the pain pump.
There are so many things that I am thankful for and as I
look at Gin sleeping soundly I am genuinely grateful for my life with her.
Ginny and I have been together for almost 10 years. We met "officially" after a mutual friend
suggested I reach out to her. I was looking for a confidant and some
guidance. She was happy to oblige. We
became fast friends. She became a
wonderful support and I so enjoyed her company. Although neither one of us saw it
coming, love happened.
These past 10 years have been the greatest of my life. The challenges faced and the victories won,
the adventures sought and realized, the joy of love – for each other and those
we love and living/loving each other in health and in sickness, all mark this
incredible journey.
As we move forward in this next season of uncertainly, I am
so honored to be hers, to wake at her side and to walk through these days,
cherishing every moment together. Our
decision to not take anything for granted in these days is something I wish we
ALL could do ALL of the time. There is a
sweetness and a joy in walking so intentionally.
As the weather has changed I have moved my morning coffee
from our patio to our bed. That 30-minutes
of time at the beginning of each day has become my favorite time of day. There is a tenderness to morning coffee pillow talk.
There is security and comfort in that bed full of the Lindbloom-Larsen gals and
pups, making for gentle and real
conversations about living and dying, wishes and regrets, the future and the
past.
Ginny has given me the world, figuratively and
literally. She has challenged me to be a
better me, to be a better teacher, a better friend, a better sister and a
better wife. All of which she takes
pride in and rightly so.
So this Thanksgiving I am thankful for my wife…my creative,
linguistically brilliant, animal loving, tender-hearted, justice-minded, story-telling,
ass-kicking, quirky, hilarious Ginny.
Grateful…
Kir
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