And he even has learned to cook. Last night we had pork chops, and they
were good. I'm typing this with both hands, something I was beginning
to think might never happen. I've even used those two hands to load and
unload the dishwasher.

Better days are coming!

Jackie


EvelynKat@... wrote:
>
> Chuck, The day I met you , I knew you were a REAL man.
>
> From my house to yours. . . love in bunches. .. Evie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: survivor@...
> To: cancer_survivors_gathering_place@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 8:42 AM
> Subject: [cancer_survivors_gathering_place] A Joke from Evie & my response
>
> Three men were sitting in a bar, bragging about how they had told
> their new
> wives what their marital duties would be.
>
> The first man had married a woman from Alabama and bragged that he had
> told
> his wife she was going to do all the dishes and house cleaning. He
> said it
> took a couple days but on the third day he came home to a clean house and
> the dishes were done.
>
> The second man had married a woman from West Virginia. He bragged that he
> had ordered his wife to do all the cleaning, dish washing and cooking. On
> that the first day he didn't see any results, but the next day it was
> better. By the third day, his house was clean, the dishes were done,
> and he
> had a huge dinner on the table .
>
> The third man had married a girl from New Jersey. He boasted that he
> told
> her that she was to keep the house cleaned, the dishes done, the lawn
> mowed,
> the laundry washed and put hot meals on the table for every meal. He
> said
> the first day he didn't see anything ... the second day he didn't see
> anything .. but by the third day some of the swelling had gone down
> and he
> could see well enough out of one eye to fix himself a sandwich, load the
> dishwasher and call a landscaper.
>
> Since the middle of February I have been cooking, shopping, cleaning
> the house, washing the dishes, washing the laundry, and dressing
> Jackie. Jackie is doing physical therapy 3 days a week and improving
> the mobility of her right arm. I expect to get a reprieve from some of
> these chores, but I will continue with some. We split the workload in
> half 39 years ago and unbalanced it after the children were born. I
> was working 80 hour weeks including a lot of travel and Jackie was
> working 80 hour or more weeks at home. I guess we were never
> candidates for a Coors beer or Miller Lite commercial. And we have no
> regrets. Life has been "Interesting".
>
> Shalom,
> Chuck
>
>
>
>
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