DeidreRenee's Journal

This is a Poem that Chronicles my life, so it might be a bit long. ( You have to remember, I am 39 years old).

 I CRY!

When I was a child and I first realized that my mother and father was my world.
I CRY!
When I married for the first time.
I CRY!
When My daughter was born five weeks early and I had to leave her in the hospital.
I CRY!
When I brought My daughter home from the hospital happy and healthy.
I CRY!
When I smelled my babies sweet breath for the first time.
I CRY!
When I had know place to go after I left LA and I had to go back home to my parents.
I CRY!
When my son was born three months early and the Doctors told us he wouldn't survive.
I CRY!
When the Doctors told us my son was brain damaged and he would never crawl or walk.
I CRY!
When my son proved the Doctors wrong and walked for the first time.
I CRY!
When the first Hero of my life Died ( My father).
I CRY!
When My Marriage Ended.
I CRY!
When I thought my world was ending because My Hero was gone.
I CRY!
When I realized he would want me to go on with living.
I CRY!
When I met The Love Of My Life.
I CRY!
When we sat in a restaurant and He told me he loved me for the first time.
I CRY!
When my love asked me and my mother to our favorite restaurant and asked me to marry him.
I CRY!
When my love skipped out on work so we could get married.
I CRY!
When the moment came and we said I DO.
I CRY!
When I first introduced him as my Husband.
I CRY!
When we had to move away from my mother because of my husband job.
I CRY!
When we got orders to go back to Oklahoma.
I CRY!
When I started Nursing school and realized it was going to be the hardest thing I will ever do.
I CRY!
When I found out I passed my National Nursing test.
I CRY!
When my Husband went to War.
I CRY!
When I watched the News on the War and I saw a soldier carrying a fellow soldier out of a burning building.
I CRY!
When I found out there where soldiers in my Husband unit that where killed. My heart Stopped and.
I CRY!
When my Husband came home from the War.
I CRY!
When I looked in his eyes and saw something about him had changed.
I CRY!
When My Husband became my Hero.
I CRY!
When My Husband retired from the Army and I saw the fear of uncertainty in his eyes.
I CRY!
When my Husband decided to go back to school for Computers, I saw the excitement in his eyes.
I CRY!
When I made the tough decision to Save my life and have Gastric Bypass Surgery.
I CRY!
When My Husband graduated from School and I saw the pride in his eyes.
I CRY!
When we made the decision for my Husband to leave his family and go in search of a job.
I CRY!
When my love, broke my heart.
I CRY!
When my love fought for us.
I CRY!
When my daughter is in the fight of her life right now. ( I know she will win. She is strong)
I CRY!

These are the things in my life that make me cry. Ask yourself ,What in your life makes you cry?

Dee