SADDEST/SWEETEST THING!!

MIKE WAS SITTING ON THE BACK PORCH, AND I WAS WATCHING HIM FROM THE WINDOW IN THE BACK DOOR.  WHAT I SAW NEARLY BROKE MY HEART, AND YET I HAD TO SMILE.  HE WAS RAKING UP LEAVES FROM HIS CHAIR WITH HIS CANE, AND THEN PICKING THEM UP AND PUTTING THEM IN THE BROWN BAG NEXT TO HIS CHAIR. ONLY THEN DID I FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW HARD ALL THIS HAS BEEN ON MIKE.  HE IS SUCH A TROOPER-ALWAYS HAPPY AND MAKING THE MOST OF WHAT HE CAN STILL DO, ALL THE WHILE, MISSING WHAT HE LOVES DOING MOST.  I HAD A PRETTY ROUGH NIGHT LAST NIGHT-NO SLEEP.  ON TOP OF HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING, AND COUGHING, MY BACK WAS KILLING ME.  YESTERDAY MY SISTER VICKIE AND I TOOK MIKE FOR A LONG RIDE AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE HOSPICE WHEEL CHAIR IS DEFECTIVE.  IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT, MAKING IT VERY HARD TO MANEUVER.  BOTH MY SISTER VICKIE AND I HAVE SORE BACKS TODAY.  I WILL HAVE TO USE THE ONE DAWN (OUR NIECE) RENTED FOR US UNTIL I CAN GET HOSPICE TO REPLACE THEIRS.  TODAY IS A HOLIDAY, SO MOST OF YOU WILL BE EATING TURKEY.  MIKE AND I HAD OURS YESTERDAY, AS OUR NEIGHBOR MARTHA BROUGHT OVER HER LEFT OVERS, AND WE ATE EM ALL GONE!!  I HOPE YOUR DAY WILL BE HAPPY, PEACEFUL, BUT MOST OF ALL SPENT TOGETHER.  MIKE AND I WILL ENJOY TODAY AS WE DO EVERYDAY-VERY THANKFUL TO STILL BE HERE-JUST ME