Today, I have had several moments of realizing just how damned lucky I am. And I found myself wondering, do I deserve all this?
This wonderful man who accepts me for who I am, who knows all kinds of stuff about me, and who loves me anyway, warts and all.
These two beautiful children who run – yes, RUN! – to hug me when I get home from work, and who crawl into my bed at night and wrap their little arms around me, just because they want to be near me.
My friends and family – both far and near – who genuinely want me to be happy, who are doing everything they can to make me feel like a princess as I lead up to my wedding.
People who are getting onto planes and traveling halfway around the world, just so they can be with me and Gerard on our wedding day. How amazing is that?
The generosity and support of my co-workers, who today presented me with a beautiful card and a wedding gift – more than I could have ever expected.
This wedding day that is coming up – a day will be filled with love and joy as Gerard and I embark on the next phase in our journey together.
There is so much bad stuff that happens in the world. Three months ago, a dear friend’s baby passed from this world to the next. Now, a close family member of someone important to us is about to do the same. I have witnessed the tragedy of parents burying their children, I have seen bad things happening to very, very good people.
Sometimes I wonder if I deserve everything I have, when there is so much sadness and suffering in the world.
My mind casts me back to a very dark time in my life, when I did not think I deserved anything.
And I am afraid that at any second, I will wake up and find that all of this has just been a dream.
If it is a dream, please let me sleep, because I don’t want it to end.
