Its Christmas Eve and I am where I am virtually every morning...at the restaurant. I have been here 12-14 hours a day, almost every day...especially this month with all the holiday banquets, dinners and parties. I have had no social life to speak of, almost no interaction with family, and am exhausted beyond belief. I have shopped for no presents, but got a new freezer for the restaurant. I have bought no food for my dining table, but have cooked for hundreds. I have no decorations in our home, but the restaurant is cozy and inviting for the holiday season. Yet as the most magical day of the year approaches, my thoughts and heart go to one thing. The love I share with the most caring and amazing person I have ever known. She works far too much at her own job, giving long hours and seven day work weeks on a set salary. She has managed to scramble together gifts for my grandchildren, which are still unwrapped piled on and around the loveseat at home. Neither of us has had time to be together, dine together....barely having a moment to exchange how our days went as we are both collapsing from them. But she, who gives so much, and loves so deeply, looks at me and says Im worried about you. She stresses over my health, my pace, my stresses....and she continues to give. She gives me what little time she has. She sacrifices her well being to see that my needs are met. She tells me she loves me every day....and I tell her the same. Tracy Montoni is without a doubt the bestest person I know, and I have the honor of being her partner. In the past years, we have battled her breast cancer, the loss of 3 of our 4 parents, floods, work layoffs for both of us, financial peaks and valleys, our own separation and rejoining, and more difficulties than I care to remember. But I have the comfort of her snuggling into her spot at my side at night, the joy of seeing her smile and laugh, the love that Ive never experienced with anyone else in my life. Merry Christmas my love. I look forward to spending tomorrow together in our jammies...catching up on the movies weve missed this year...cuddling on the couch...snacking on whatever takes the least effort...and staying warm in your heart. I love you madly!
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 15:23:14 +0000
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