Granny's gone and done it again

@Cynthia12
I stood in my bedroom doing my makeup when I heard my parents across the hall in the bathroom. My father was groaning in immense pain and luckily my mother was there to help him. I was a self-absorbed twenty-something at the timeā€”bouncing back and forth between two men like a rubber ball. But this moment between my parents struck me.
My father moaned. ā€œItā€™s okay, Chris,ā€ my mother said to him. ā€œIā€™m here.ā€
That was the start of my fatherā€™s painful side effects from his prostate cancer years priorā€”something that would only get worse with time.
As I leaned toward the mirror, slipping mascara onto my lashes, I heard more grumbling from my father. I froze. I was stuck in their moment with no place to go. I heard a clank in the bathroom. A mess was made out of my fatherā€™s control. My mother would be the one to clean it up. ā€œIā€™m so sorry,ā€ my dad said.
ā€œItā€™s okay, Chris,ā€ my mom said. ā€œIā€™m here.ā€
After I was done with my makeup, I sat on my bed with the door cracked open. While I was nervous about my dadā€™s health, tears fell onto my jeans because I finally realized somethingā€”THIS is marriage.
Marriage isnā€™t found at the big wedding, the trendy date nights, or even hours spent together on the couch watching Netflix. Marriage is found in the darknessā€”with one spouse helping the other during a time that would be humiliating to share with anyone else.
As young girls and boys, we watch movies and read stories about happy endings, blissful beginnings, and comedic in-betweens. But true romance is found when two people need each other, are vulnerable with one another, and can wholeheartedly depend on one another during the darkest times in life.
I sat on my bed, and at that moment, I decided to stop bouncing. I wanted my future to look like my parentsā€™ā€”imperfect but beautiful. My parentsā€™ marriage and my marriage have been full of dips and peaks, but witnessing the true love in their moment will forever keep reminding me that marriage is found in the toughest spots in lifeā€”even the bathroom.
Credit: Angela Anagnost-Repke, Writer
 
@Cynthia12
I stood in my bedroom doing my makeup when I heard my parents across the hall in the bathroom. My father was groaning in immense pain and luckily my mother was there to help him. I was a self-absorbed twenty-something at the timeā€”bouncing back and forth between two men like a rubber ball. But this moment between my parents struck me.
My father moaned. ā€œItā€™s okay, Chris,ā€ my mother said to him. ā€œIā€™m here.ā€
That was the start of my fatherā€™s painful side effects from his prostate cancer years priorā€”something that would only get worse with time.
As I leaned toward the mirror, slipping mascara onto my lashes, I heard more grumbling from my father. I froze. I was stuck in their moment with no place to go. I heard a clank in the bathroom. A mess was made out of my fatherā€™s control. My mother would be the one to clean it up. ā€œIā€™m so sorry,ā€ my dad said.
ā€œItā€™s okay, Chris,ā€ my mom said. ā€œIā€™m here.ā€
After I was done with my makeup, I sat on my bed with the door cracked open. While I was nervous about my dadā€™s health, tears fell onto my jeans because I finally realized somethingā€”THIS is marriage.
Marriage isnā€™t found at the big wedding, the trendy date nights, or even hours spent together on the couch watching Netflix. Marriage is found in the darknessā€”with one spouse helping the other during a time that would be humiliating to share with anyone else.
As young girls and boys, we watch movies and read stories about happy endings, blissful beginnings, and comedic in-betweens. But true romance is found when two people need each other, are vulnerable with one another, and can wholeheartedly depend on one another during the darkest times in life.
I sat on my bed, and at that moment, I decided to stop bouncing. I wanted my future to look like my parentsā€™ā€”imperfect but beautiful. My parentsā€™ marriage and my marriage have been full of dips and peaks, but witnessing the true love in their moment will forever keep reminding me that marriage is found in the toughest spots in lifeā€”even the bathroom.
Credit: Angela Anagnost-Repke, Writer
Marriage brings greater possibilities for happiness than does any other human relationship. Especially after having been married for so many years. We're there for each other. No matter what happens. You know this too Granny. šŸ’—
 
well.......... deep subject
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