A date

“Neither is the man without the woman, 

neither the woman without the man, in the Lord” 

(1 Cor. 11:11)

And so we create now the relationship we want to continue on the other side of the veil.  Date night was me taking Jonathan to renew his temple recommend. He met with a member of the stake presidency while I sat outside the office door; perched with the suction machine resting on my lap waiting for my call to duty.  Then we sat in the foyer at the church for 20 minutes because Jonathan needed to rest while he digested his dinner we quickly tube fed him before we left the house.  Digesting can be exhausting for him at times.  We chatted about impending hurricanes and hopeful day trips.  Once the need to digest passed we loaded up and headed to DQ to pick up a brownie dough blizzard for me that he would watch me eat.  We drove to the park near the river to eat my treat and chat, but within minutes were feeding mosquitos so we loaded up and came home.  Chatting had to wait until Zach got Jonathan ready for bed.  Each night Zach preps Jonathan for bed and heaves him into place and then quietly leaves.  Each night we pray together and then date night chat begins.  Jonathan tucked in for the night and me trying not to jostle his pillow and irritate his trach.  I frequently nestle next to him upside down.  I wrap my arms around his legs and we chat upside down.  5 nights a week I exit after prayer to sleep with Maggie while Zach covers the night shift.  Weekends I sleep next to Jonathan and wake up throughout the night to suction him.  Thankful for every day with him by my side ❤️