Two years ago and a bit, I read a blog post by my dear friend Khayyam.  It touched me, very deeply.  It spoke about being grateful for the losses and the death in your life.  About how experiencing those things can help you in appreciating the joys that you have been blessed with.  Two years ago, I needed to read that.

This evening, I re-read the post.

I was reading the comments and had forgotten that I had commented on it.  I re-read my own comment and smiled, because I felt exactly the same way about it now that I did then.  It was – and is – an awesome post.

You should really go and read it.

I also re-read Khayyam’s reply to my comment.
And took a very deep breath.
And felt tears come to my eyes.

He said something to me that he has said in the past, that I understood, but that I don’t think I ever felt in the way that it should have been felt before tonight…

…you’ve been the most wonderful reflection to view myself through…

My mind had always understood what Khayyam meant by that, but my heart finally also understood it tonight.

I don’t think that I could have truly understood what a compliment that was until I had someone in my life who is the most wonderful reflection to view myself through.  Someone who has shown me what he sees in me, and has me looking into the same reflection of me that he sees.

I am grateful.

I am so grateful to Khayyam for sharing his blog with the world.

I am and always will be so deeply and fiercely grateful to Dean for being the reflection through which I see myself now.

What a smile that reflection shows me.

Thank you.

Today and every day forever and always.

GPSM