love

This may be disjointed. I am tired but I want to share a beautiful picture from my yesterday.
My husband, Joe, was admitted to a local hospital emergency room at 4:30 a.m. yesterday for severe shortness of breath. It was a very long day with him experiencing several episodes of breathing difficulties. His adult son, Jeremy,  whom he adores, arrived to be with us in the mid afternoon. Finally at about 7 p.m. Joe was moved to an ICU room where he could be closely monitored. Very soon after arriving at that room he experienced a breathing crisis in which his blood gases reached critical levels. He was frightened, anxious, agitated. on the edge of panic and slightly disoriented. He couldn't breathe and felt like he was drowning. His son and I looked at each other and said, "We could lose him." Fortunately a very professional respiratory therapist intervened and got him on the correct breathing machine. His symptoms decreased in about 2 hours. But it was an incredibly frightening, helpless 2 hours.

The beautiful picture of love that I witnessed was Jeremy saying goodnight to his dad around midnight. Jeremy's eyes filled with tears as he approached his dad's bed. He leaned down to hug him and then placed his head on his dad's chest. His dad put his arms around him. I did not hear the words of love shared between them and I didn't need to.

Do you have someone who would treasure a deep, intimate expression of your love? Can you ask God to give you the opportunity to express that love while you can?

Blessings-Penny