I looked forward to my retirement from school teaching after a wonderful God-given life (somewhat sinful - not criminal, just over-indulgence in worldly pleasures), and married my marvellously spiritual Christian wife when I was 50 years old.
We are now approaching our 80's but our retirement pleasures took a blow when I contracted a chronic wound on my ankle at 71 years old.
My fantastic wife has dressed it twice per week for six years, I have had three hospital stays which included a failed skin graft, but my wife keeps going on without complaining, cooking, cleaning and looking after me. If it wasn't for my love for her, and of course my overwhelming appreciation of her love for me, I would give up.
We do not go to church, we pray together, our doctor, a nephew, is our only confident whom we can fully trust. I sometimes think of the elderly couple who stayed in bed in the film "Titanic" whilst everyone else was rushing around on the deck of the sinking ship. For us, the sinking ship is the world, it is doomed.There abounds so much wickedness, corruption and hedonism.
Sorry for the rant, but where do we go from here!?
We are now approaching our 80's but our retirement pleasures took a blow when I contracted a chronic wound on my ankle at 71 years old.
My fantastic wife has dressed it twice per week for six years, I have had three hospital stays which included a failed skin graft, but my wife keeps going on without complaining, cooking, cleaning and looking after me. If it wasn't for my love for her, and of course my overwhelming appreciation of her love for me, I would give up.
We do not go to church, we pray together, our doctor, a nephew, is our only confident whom we can fully trust. I sometimes think of the elderly couple who stayed in bed in the film "Titanic" whilst everyone else was rushing around on the deck of the sinking ship. For us, the sinking ship is the world, it is doomed.There abounds so much wickedness, corruption and hedonism.
Sorry for the rant, but where do we go from here!?