Relative Something

What a difference a day makes. This morning, through the miracle of technology –in which I get to see and hear my wife on screen as if she were in the room with me– my loneliness is greatly reduced. Probably of most significance, is the tone of our visit. When Cyndie is going through a rough time and the difficult work she is doing takes up every minute of her day, it weighs on me heavily. There is so little I can actually do from here to help ease her burden. Conversely, when she reports glimmers of hope and a few successes along the way, I feel energized!

We are in a big adventure that will be a long journey to accomplish. I will probably write about the difficulties as much as I will write of the successes; maybe even more. I don’t want to try to hide from the challenges we are facing. It is a real part of the adventure. I am practicing the art of perceiving the sad parts of my story as a valid and valuable part of the whole.

Today feels refreshingly improved from yesterday, for me.