If anyone has seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind…
… Then you may have an idea of what’s going to go down this weekend. I’m scared, but it’s necessary.
My hair is coated in olive oil.
Some kid broke out into the Pokemon theme song in class.
I’m wearing a tutu.
It’s fat Tuesday.
I just don’t even.
Most television husbands give real men a bad wrap. For decades, shows centered on lazy husbands getting laughs by mocking their “nagging” wives or ducking their responsibilities at a neighborhood bar.
But when we met Marshall Eriksen, as played by Jason Segel, in Season 1, he was the boyfriend we wanted to take home to Mom. Now, this lovable Minnesota “Marshmallow” is the husband every girl dreams of. He’s been faithful to his college sweetheart, Lily, for more than 10 years, and he even forgave her for calling off their engagement during a fleeting quarter-life crisis. Marshall isn’t afraid to express his love for Lily…even when his guy friends are around. Plus, any man who can overlook his wife’s shopping addiction scores extra points. [X]
“Being in a couple is hard. And committing, making sacrifices; it’s hard. But if it’s the right person, then it’s easy. Looking at that girl and knowing she’s all you really want out of life, that should be the easiest thing in the world. And if it’s not like that, then she’s not the one. I’m sorry.” -Marshall
It was a rough start, but everyone deserves a second chance. ^.^
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It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80′s arrived at the hospital to have stitches removed from his thumb. He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. The nurse took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. I inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer’s Disease. As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, ‘And you still go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?’ He smiled as he patted my hand and said, ‘She doesn’t know me, but I still know who she is.’
I cried
True love right here
This was the case with my grandparents, but it was the other way around… My grandmother stayed with my grandpa every day at the nursing home for three months before he passed away. She only went home to check on the house for maybe half an hour a day. He couldn’t talk to her or remember her, and she was basically alone all the time, because he wasn’t really there, but she stayed with him until the very end of it. I can’t even imagine how much she misses him. I miss him too.
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