Alton <A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I'm ready to carve a piece of granite with my
> fingernails or do something else as difficult to
> show my appreciation for my wife. I have before
> stated my appreciation for her support during this
> malady, but the recent sharing of tales of less
> spousal support has heightened my gratitude.
>
> When I first came home from the hospital, I had
> neither the strength nor the flexibility to attend
> to my own needs. I was in bed, in diapers, and
> wearing a Texas catheter. All of which needed
> frequent changes. I could recognize an impending
> bowel movement, but I could not resist it. I
> remember Betty answering my call in the middle of
> the night to come attend to the bedpan and to
> clean me afterward. I wonder if I could have been
> so uncomplaining if she were the one who was ill.
>
> Even now, almost two years later, her support and
> her willingness have not diminished. Thankfully,
> the need for such support has almost gone away.
>
> I am so lucky to have married her.
>
> Alton, who intends no hurt to those less fortunate
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