Two Became One

                                              Two Became One

Necessity, in similar forms, brought them together. Newly divorced and the need for a full-time job to support her two girls, brought her to the nursing home. He was in the beginning stages of his own divorce and working there as part of his three-job-a-day effort to avoid being home.

God had His hand in this as there were other nursing home, closer to where she lived, that she could have worked at. Fate and love brought these two together and would bring them along a sometimes rough, rocky road

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Divorces finalized, he proposed, on one knee, the day she came home from the courthouse. Their lives together would begin within nine months. As the two prepared to become one, finding a minister proved to be a blessing beyond what they had expected. Soon after the wedding, they united together with God’s family and were so very happy.

Along the paths of life, they found rocks, sometimes boulders that tried to block their way to happiness. At times, it seemed that the rocks were succeeding but as they held onto each other and God, the rocks broke apart. Rocks from ex’s, finances, health issues, work schedules, and blended family issues were something they found on their path more often than they liked. They knew that no matter how big the rocks, their love would see them through.

Amid the rocks, there were many blessings to count, also. Among these were jobs, a house, family and friends but above all, one another, always. Being together was all they cared about, whether it was work or play didn’t matter. They did as much as they could, hardly ever separated.

Their life continued on with blessing and rocks and got better and better as the years went by. Moving into their dream house and working their jobs to support it was another blessing. Happiness poured from their very souls as life’s path seemed to be less cluttered with rocks. God was good, life was good, and they couldn’t have been happier.
Fate and love united again as the small rocks gathered together to form the largest boulder in their lives. As he was diagnosed with cancer, this boulder seemed to crush them as never before. It came crashing in with unbelievable force and shook every foundation they had. Love remained, unshakable. With their love uniting them, they took on this boulder, determined to diminish it into pebbles that could be swept away. Their love was more powerful and their faith strong as they entered this scary, unknown battle.

The path was littered time after time with pebbles, rocks, and even more boulders. Sometimes, it seemed so overwhelming but knowing they were in this together held them up and strengthened them to keep going. Their marriage vows screamed to them daily as did their motto, “No Matter What”. Those words never meant so much as they did at this time.

Blessings still came. Many happy times that they were both so grateful for even in the midst of the battle. Spending as much time together, making precious memories was a gift that was priceless.

Time marched on, life was good and bad and often the boulder was reduced to rocks and even pebbles. Even as they knew that the boulder could return to crush them again, they lived, they laughed, and mostly, they loved.

One year and nine months later, the boulder resurfaced and it was larger than ever. As they faced this boulder, knowing it was the final boulder, they clung to each other and to God, friends, and family.

Within a few short weeks, the boulder managed to crush them, taking him from her. Never had they been separated before and now she walks the path alone unsure, scared, and missing her other half. Love remains. Nothing shattered that and she clings to that as she did to him, even into death. Two became one, no matter what. God tied the knot and not even death can untie it.

She cherishes the happy times, the precious memories, and only wished that their time together would have been longer. When they both finally found true love, the rocks gained strength to emerge as a horrible, crushing boulder.There are no boulders in Heaven. He walks a beautiful path of flowers and trees along a lake full of fish.

Her boulder is still here but has changed. This boulder may be part of her life, trying to crush her constantly. She’ll chisel at it, piece by piece, and hopefully somehow keep it at bay. It’ll never be a pebble or a rock. This boulder will remain as it is, larger than life and full of energy. But it will remain also as a reminder of a love that cannot be crushed.

                                Two became one….No Matter What.