A Young Wife’s Tale

David’s doing okay. Not great, but he’s able to go to work. He even took Henry for a short walk Saturday morning. I don’t know how it is for other well spouses, but it takes me weeks to recover from one of David’s flares. I’m so tired. David hasn’t been sleeping well from the pain, [...]

Most people have keys to their house. I don’t. I have a garage door opener. With our house on the market, my key is in a lock box on the front door. A garage door opener doesn’t work if the power is out. So Henry and I sat in my car until David got home and unlocked the door. We talked to the neighbors that live behind us. They said that Henry had not been happy about the storm. They said he was pacing on the porch and growling and the storm. He was pretty upset. So upset, that David and I couldn’t get him to get out of the car for ten minutes. We pulled and pushed and finally got him to come inside. We dried him off and gave him a milk bone. He was still pretty upset.