August 21 – “Couples therapy”

Chris and I had quite the adventure in the rain yesterday.  We ventured out at our usual time, around 7:30 a.m.  We only had to make it to the indoor pool located behind WalMart, but it’s the other side of WalMart from us.  That meant we had to drive up to the seawall and all the way around.  And it was raining.  Really raining.  Hard.  And it had been for some time.  And the streets were quite flooded.  By the time we reached WalMart we had to make a decision.  Continue on to water aerobics or turn around and abort the mission?  Our first instinct was to abort.  We even pulled into a gas station parking lot.  But upon further review, we decided to throw caution to the wind and forge ahead.  As it turned out the rest of the journey was quite uneventful.  Still a lot of rain, but I guess the street drainage was more advanced.  Plenty of parking places at the facility, too.  In fact, when we got inside we found our class of 25 had dwindled to us and one other couple and the instructor.  A private lesson.  Or, as we affectionately called it … couples therapy.  We did some very different activities that would not be possible with a full class, some of which involved partnering up with your spouse.  It was really a lot of fun.  Tough workout, too.

Oh, and we had a mini-crisis back at home.  One of our neighbors brought over a package she had retrieved from the vacant house across the street.  It was addressed to Chris.  It was none other than her Precious Moments Club membership figurine.  The box appeared to be fine, but when she opened it … horror of horrors.  It was broken.  First time that has ever happened in all the years she has been a collector.  Not a bad break, just a tiny little butterfly with a wing snapped off.  But broken nonetheless.  That will never do.  She now has on her list to give them a call and lobby for a replacement.  We’ll see how that one pans out.

1 Thessalonians 3:12 says, “May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else, just as ours does for you.”

Father, thank you for the rain and for the adventure of driving in it and for our couples therapy time together.  Special moments.  Amen.