Marriage Moats-The Antidote

Published: Sat, 02/25/12

Marriage Moats

Caring for Marriage

(If you want to hear Lori read the story click)here

Today I was in a snarky mood. The reasons, if you can call them that, were boring and self centered. I obsessed about the case I was making for myself about how I deserved to be mad. Hmmmph.

Then I went to a website called 99 Tiny Love Stories to Make You Think and Smile Poof. Two minutes of reading and my black cloud disappeared. Here are a handful of them to stick in your pocket... in case you too are inclined to internal bad weather.

Today, I told my 18 year old grandson that nobody asked me to prom when I was in high school, so I didn^'t attend. He showed up at my house this evening dressed in a tuxedo and took me as his date to his prom.

Today, it's been ten years since my best friend became ill and needed a kidney transplant. As I was a fitting donor, I chose to donate one of my healthy kidneys to her even after doctors said her chance of survival was only 30%, and that there would be inherent risks to my health as well. But here I am at 10AM, getting ready to drive to her wedding venue where, in just a few short hours, I will be her maid of honor as she marries the love of her life who she happened to meet at the hospital ten years ago.

Today, at the local convenience store where I work an elderly man with a guide dog came in, went to the aisle with the greetings cards, picked up a card, held it up extremely close to his face, and struggled to read it. Just as I was about to walk over to help him, a big truck driver asked him if he needed assistance reading, and then proceeded to read him almost every single greeting card out loud until the elderly man smiled and said, "That's perfect! My wife will love that one!"

Today, the man that saved my life 28 years ago when he single handedly fought off three other men who were trying to rape me, walks with a cane due to the leg injury he suffered by doing so. And he looked so proud today when he put down his cane and slowly walked our daughter down the aisle.

Photo by Jenny Stein

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