I do not fight alone. I do not cry alone. I do not trust Jesus alone.

My journey is hard. I have numerous days I don’t feel well as I get farther into Chemo. I have an occasional day where I turn to Debbie and say “being strong is hard”. And the wonder. Two years left? Four years left? Will God totally heal and take me to old age?

But Debbie. My beautiful, amazing wife that walks alongside. What an amazing gift from God. Debbie cries with me. Debbie prays with me. Debbie trusts God completely with me. Debbie takes amazing care of me. Debbie loves me.

I have a friend. An amazing friend. A friend, that, because we have both experienced Prostate Cancer, have become “friends closer than brothers”. For over 1 1/2 years Mark and I have met regularly. And we have shared. We have learned. And we have always expressed how different our journeys would have been without the amazing wives God gifted us with. We have begun getting together regularly, all 4 of us, rather than just Mark & I. Debbie & I and Mark & Lisa. Because our wives are a part of this. A part of our journey. And a big part of making this tolerable. Manageable. Mark & I know. We’ve always known. We need them. Every single minute we need them.

Often I wonder. Does Debbie ever fall apart when I head to work. Does Debbie stay strong in front of me, just for me. We’ve had a little over 5 years together. 5 of the 25 or more we expected. Debbie didn’t sign up for this. But her strength. Her love. Her trust in God. Are amazing. Debbie pours strength into me because of who she is.

Debbie, thank you. I love you and pray we have way more than two years left together. But I know that whether 2 or 22 they will be amazing because – God Gave Me You!

‘Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs. My Thank You to you Debbie!!

God Gave Me You by blake shelton

I’ve been a walkin’ heartache
I’ve made a mess of me
The person that I’ve been lately
Ain’t who I wanna be
But you stay here right beside me
And watch as the storm blows through
And I need you

‘Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

Gave me you

There’s more here than what we’re seein’
A divine conspiracy
That you, an angel lovely
Could somehow fall for me
You’ll always be love’s great martyr
And I’ll be the flattered fool
And I need you
Yeah!

God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you

Half of what I could be
I can’t do without you
We are stitched together
And what love has tethered
I pray we never undo

‘Cause God gave me you for the ups and downs
God gave me you for the days of doubt
God gave me you for the ups and downs

God gave me you for the days of doubt
And for when I think I lost my way
There are no words here left to say, it’s true
God gave me you, gave me you
He gave me you

➡️➡️➡️ God Gave Me You