Why the long haul?
Gaylord and I were married for twelve years when he was diagnosed with hepatitis c ... he needed chemotherapy for that and I gave him the injections three times a week. This was a very trying time. He was so sick. sometimes we said things we shouldn’t and after a particularly difficult day, he said “I’m in it for the long haul, honey” ... this was the first time I realized that this was a relationship really based on love ... we were going to accept each other for what we were and what we would become in this marriage. Supporting each other, trying to put the other person first is not always easy to do and not always 100 percent the way it should be, but loving each other nonetheless.
Accepting the baggage we brought into this relationship and learning one another’s weaknesses... insecurities ... and we had plenty ... we learned the deepest, darkest secrets of one another and loved even more ... not even truly knowing what love was but learning together ... this is what love was supposed to be.
The same love that God has for His church, so much love that He gave His life. When I looked into Gaylord’s eyes the first day I met him, I saw the complete love of God and knew that I wanted to be a part of that love. We didn’t know what we were doing ... but we did it together ... it was the journey ... we were in it for the long haul ...
