Acceptance

Acceptance is not submission; it is acknowledgment of the facts of a situation. Then deciding what you're going to do about it.
Kathleen Casey Theisen

When you think about all the ways things are, all the ways things could be, and all the ways things should be, acceptance of the way things are is the best way to deal with a situation.

You know the familiar sayings that revolve around life not being easy and life being a bitch...Well, I believe it's what you make of it. It is what it is.

I had my car worked on the other day and my mechanics wife Judy is the biggest sweetheart that you could ever encounter. It has been over a year since I last talked to her. Our last conversation was about Kai and we talked about him while standing in the local grocery store.

Life has zoomed right by...

She asks me about my relationship with Jerome...and tell her the truth.

My relationship with Jerome couldn't be better. We have our days and moments, but with the diagnosis of Kai, things just don't seem to be that big of a deal. It put things swiftly in perspective. Sure I still get annoyed when he's bugging about the laundry or the kitchen, or my socks on the floor....(Who's the nag?) Well, I think everyone who has ever been in a relationship knows all too well what comes with that. Tolerance. Before you commit to anyone, you have to decide if the things that annoy you about that person are so bad you can't live with them, well then it's time to move on. If you can, and you like the person, love the person...not necessarily giddy-in-love (that goes away not matter who you are with) but just want to share your life with that person, then go for it.

That's what Jerome and I did. We accept each other for who we are...and who we aren't. I am not Susie homemaker - Martha Stewart wanna be. He knows that, accepts it...for the most part...and that's that. What relationship/partnership couldn't do with a little more sex and a lot more money...or is it the other way around?

It is what it is.