Eady
laid down with Robert and put her hand in his. They held each for the last
hours. he whispered:."I
have always loved you Eady. If you marry again, don't settle for any less
of a man than I am or any less of a love than we've known."
At 87, Eady sat in her rocking
chair, crocheting as she always did.
"So,
what did you do?".I
asked the great grandmother of a friend.
"I was 19 and had two girls
to raise".said
Eady.."I took
cleaning jobs. I washed and ironed for people. I had to move back to my
father's home with my girls. Then I got a steady cleaning job and somehow
we got by."
She said that she had plenty
of suitors.
"Getting
married again might have made it easier to raise the children, but none
of them could ever match what Robert and I shared".said
Eady.
"When you cherish
each other like we did, even having two years together is enough to last
a lifetime."
"I've gone out with men who
said the "L" word after our second date in hopes I'd throw open the bedroom
door and invite them in. I know girls who love a guy into proposing and
off to a blissful
marriage of "what's love got to do with it". Divorce courts prove that
people fall in and out of love all the time. Anyone can say I love you.
Not everyone lives I love you.".Matthew
7:15-20.