Jim and Grace ......

On my last post about little man, you see a picture of a old lady holding him.. That old lady was Grace, She was married to a man named Jim.  Years ago i worked with Meals on wheels and delivered food to the elderly for a small town i lived in.  I fell in love with Jim and grace, they were everything i wanted out of life, they had it all.   No they were not rich, they built their house board by board, they raised 3 kids, had lots of grand  kids,  they had everything i ever wanted out of life, the main thing they had i use to smile so much when i would be around them,  you would hear one say "Hey, Remember that time...".  :) :) :)  To me , that is what life is about, that is what marriage is about, to have someone you know and trust and love for that long to be able to sit around in your old age and talk about things of the past.
 Jim died a few years ago, grace was not long behind, but at 100 and 98 years old, it was expected, they were not afraid of death, but even at their age, they enjoyed life and everything they got to experience.

That is what i want out of life!!     I see some of you that have that.  I am jealous, because that is all i have ever wanted out of life, just seems that the 2 previous that i have chosen had other plans.  Sure things are not always good in a relationship, and some times they are down right bad, but if you stick together long enough time has a way of taking the bad and leaving the good. 

I dont know if i will get to live to have what they had, to be honest its not looking that way, fighting everyone at every corner to get things done... But i hope if i do, that this time, i did it right and i have that loving partner to grow old with...

The stories they use to tell were great, i loved sitting and visiting with them.  I use to make sure they were the last on my list, so i could spend time with them.  And i would drop by on weekends to check up.  Grace knew all about little man, although i wasnt sure i was going to tell, but she had a way of dragging things out of ya.

Every time i stopped in, jim would ask if i brought them T-Bone's.  He always liked to joke, well one day i surprised them.  I was off work on my other job, and bought 2 t-bones, potato's and corn on the cob and fired up the bbq, and fixed it for them.  His face was priceless when i came in and sat their food down on the table. 
What few times i have  been back to that part of the state, i have driven down the highway, and up  the dirt road to their house.   I know its not their house any more, it was sold by their family  who all live in other parts of the country,  but i would pull up and stop, and look at the house for a while and smile.

I do miss those two, they really became family.   Everyone should be as lucky as they were to get to experience a lifetime of commitment.

RIP Jim and Grace, gone but never forgotten.