Calm in the Storm

In just a few weeks Rich and I will celebrate our tenth wedding anniversary. These years have been amazing, I'm so happy in my marriage, Rich is truly the best of men and spending time with him is the bright spark in my every day. Roll on the years! That being said there has always been a divide between us, a line drawn in the sand which neither of us was willing to cross. It was there from the early days, but consumed by our love for each other we chose to ignore it, lulled by the belief that love would conquer all, ignorant of how much it would affect us. Finally the divide became so great that we had to make allowances for each other, each of us accepting our own side and unwilling to cross, to share with each other something that meant so much. Until now. Cancer can really change you! I am of course talking about the fact that I Love Coffee (I am a self confessed starbucks gold card carrier!) whilst Rich hates it. He of course drinks only tea, and weird dust flavoured Earl Grey...

Ok, so I know it’s been an age since I last wrote, but in all honesty the last few weeks have gone so fast everything seems to be a bit of a blur. It feels like only yesterday we were celebrating Christmas and seeing in the New Year, then I realise everything that’s happened in the last few weeks and I stop with a jolt. We spent New Years with some fantastic friends and inevitably the conversation turned toward resolutions. None of us could name any, Rich said that we would only break them anyway, whilst Caroline wisely offered that the ones we actually intended to keep were the ones you never told anyone. So here’s mine, the one I didn’t name, and the one I wouldn’t tell anybody (except of course you dear reader!). My resolution this year is to live. I don’t mean simply to continue to draw breath, though that of course is some miracle! But to live life to the full. With the words of John 10:10 ringing in my ear I will seek everyday to remember that God has given it to me for a reaso...