set in stone

Set in stone has a new meaning for me.

The drawing with corrections came today for me to review.

(My name was misspelled 

and our wedding date was missing 

on the original drawing.)

A torrent of thoughts floods my mind:

Of course this would come on a Friday.

While I am out of state.

(As if it coming on any other day would make it easy.)

I still have a hard time believing this is real.

I wish I wasn't doing this.

I am glad the kids won't have to do this.

Double, triple, quadruple check the spelling.

Are the dates right?

Did I miss anything?

Do I want the quotation marks?

If Bill were reading the stone,

he would "do the math"

and say 60 years, one month and one week and one day.

60 years old is young.

Would Bill choose this style?

Once I give my approval it is all set in stone.

Literally.

Nothing can be changed.

Well, almost nothing.

Life is a gift.

Love is a gift.

God has given me both life and love.

I don't want to waste either.

There will come a day when a date will be added.

I don't know if it will be sooner or later.

But until God calls me home,

I want to live

and I want to live well.