Back to Life's a Beach

Went to town today as planned...First stop was at the grade school where i met the little one and went and watched the Nutcracker Ballet with him...Now...my oldest grand daughter would have loved all the dancing and the Southern Belle dress's...I did ...My sister in law did'nt care for it...I liked it ...It amazes me how all the people that were in it did not speak one word..It was all music...and sign language.What a way to go...No having to remember lines just dance steps....And needless to say the little one made it thru the first one..The second one was a little more boring especially for the boys..It was mainly dancing..I could imagine how people in the days of old and i guess now could set and watch these dances waving their little fans back and forth to cool off..And being hoddy toddy..How's that for an imagation?, especially coming from me...so much for the Nutcracker.

After I left the school I headed across town to the mall,,well in that vicinity..stopped at a few more stores and came home ...It was so cold to have to get out and in a vehicle as the stops were made...Thank God I have an electric start.
One click at the register and your car is warm when you get to it..I love that part.

I still think about stopping at the mall..I was only going to run in Penny's and spend a ten dollar gift certificate i had...As I cut corners and headed down an aisle to get away from a throng of Christmas shoppers and just wanting to get out of town and back on the farm...I overheard three ladies talking to a rather young couple..The neatly dressed young fellow was escorting a rather lovely young lady but to my astonishment he was pushing her in a wheel chair..I never thought nothing of seeing a girl in a wheelchair as they are a familiar sight and nothing out of the ordinary...I could hear the three ladies talking to the couple and congratulating them on their approaching marriage, and the young man saying he was or would be leaving for the service...whether he was already in it and leaving for an overseas tour or whether he was just entering the service I don't know the answer to that ..I just heard one of the ladies say ...Well..how are you going to take care of her being in the service and he replied...Oh,,yes i will....Still,I never thought too much about the conversation until as i got closer to the corner of the aisle I glanced over at this young couple that was planning on getting married...After all..Is'nt marriage the first and foremost beginning of a life as a couple..when two becomes one....Least that's the way it starts...whether it makes it through the ups and downs in life noone knows...and is anyones guess.
I'm still sitting here and have not been able to think about anything else except this couple and how they were talking about being married and the sparkle in their eyes and somehow i knew i had to write a blog about this couple...I have no idea who they were,,,,I can still see the young man pushing her and asking her what she wanted to go look at next....I actually admired both of them,how committed he seemed to her and her to him...IT HAD TO BE THE MOST GENUINE LOVE TWO PEOPLE COULD HAVE FOR EACH OTHER..I walked away and I was thinking that I hope they feel this same way about each other after they are married for 5 years or more especially when the tender years of that first love kinda melts away...Being together for short periods of time...first dating and romances are in a different catergory after you are together for a while..Only the hands of time will tell what life will throw at you...And I'm assuming this couple will have some trials and tribulations but I had to give them my greatest admiration at this time...because you see
the young lady ,beautiful as she was had no legs, no prothesis(misspelled),nothing whats so ever...I could only wonder whether she was born this way or some tragic accident overtook her at some point in her life...As I turned to leave ,,,I glanced back one more time..and this time I noticed not only did she have her legs gone...her left arm was gone also..I left at this point...I wondered if she had a right arm but i actually didnt want to hang around to find out...I could only feel sorry for her....but she did seem happy with the young man she was with..They both seemed happy.And I'm still reminding myself....Quit yer bitching about the minor things that are wrong with you...the little aches and pains...from day to day...
I'm sure this young girl would have rather had limbs and admired the people who did ,,,while I was admiring her because she was so pleasant and did'nt have any..and not complaining...

so, needless to say...I guess all the things i have wrong with me are minor when you encounter someone who does'nt have or maybe has never had two arms and two legs...God bless this young lady and her soon to be husband...This is a marriage I hope can endure the hardships in life but in my opinion this girl has already seen a few in her lifetime...Maybe marriage is the answer....
My wishes for Good luck and a long happy marriage to the both of them...
Life is a Beach but for some people more then others and with that i am gone.