I Think I Can

Somewhere in my long ago I seem to remember a story about a little train that had to climb a hill. The memorable words were "I think I can." Christopher Columbus and his crew of not-so-merry men had to navigate the doldrums. Chris' attitude must have been similar to the train. I sat down and checked my e-mails to find a letter from my sweetie. She suggested that I do something creative, although her wording was different, instead of simply surfing the web. But the suggestion was not without motivation. In her letter she said she loved me. Not only that, she used upper case letters! Whoooweeey!!! She hinted that I might think about writing a blog, therefore I am now at the keyboard. I don't know exactly where I lost it, but I think it must be around here somewhere. This is the last place I used it. Maybe I'll find it. What? What am I talking about, you ask? Why, my creative impulse of course. It was here last time I had it so I figure it must still be close. I think I can write. In fact I'm pretty sure that I can write. I used to be able to write. (In fact, you may have seen some of my stuff on this very blog!) She may be my favorite subject to write about. I think she is. Yeah, she is. She's so multi-faceted I could write different chapters on her various qualities. But tonight a simple thought will have to do. I want to write briefly about our commitment to each other. We have spent the past 13 months working together. I get to be the boss, and she let's me. Isn't that neat? Several of my friends and acquaintances have revealed that they thought it would be difficult for spouses to work together. I guess we're just the right kind of team. Through the past months we have encountered many unexpected episodes in our life. One son gets engaged, then marries. (By the way, that is the way it's supposed to be done!) Another son goes off to college. Our dog of 14 years passed into the great whatever dogs pass into. A granddaughter was born. (Not to the aforementioned son, though!) And so on and so forth. But the most challenging episode was the unexpected sickness my wife has had to deal with. No idea yet what it is, but they keep looking at different things. Maybe someday soon they'll determine what it might be. Maybe not. It's weird, but it probably happens to more people than I am aware of. Now I know what it meant during our vows when we said, "In sickness and in health." No idea where it's headed, but I know where I'll be. Right here beside her. Where I need to be. Where I've always been. Call it sappy if you want. I'm OK with that. She loves me, I love her. Such a deal.