The Ouachita Citizen
Subscribe Today!
Home · News · Columns · Editorials · Letters to Editor · Sports · Tempo · Obituaries · Public Notices
Main Menu
Home
Links of Interest
Pictorial History
Polls & Surveys
Public Notices
Read Our E-Edition
Recommend Us
RSS Feeds
Search Our Site
Site Statistics
Story Archives
Top 5 Most Popular
Contact Us

Ads by Google

Current Poll
Should members of the LSU Board of Supervisors disclose who receives their scholarships?
Yes
No
Don't Care
No Opinion

View Results

Story Archives: Big difference between spoken words, living words


Big difference between spoken words, living words
by Robert Charles Payne - posted E-mail Story E-mail Story | Print Story Print Story 
Vows. Words of commitment and promise. On March 21, 2001, I was strongly reminded of my marriage vows. For rich or poor, for better or worse, in sickness and in health. When I saw my wife lying there on that hospital bed, the reality of my marriage vows became very factual.

Only moments before, Dr. William Ferguson had told me that Donna had breast cancer. I asked him if she knew it yet and he said that she did not. I asked him if I could go with him when he told her.

I remember walking through the door and seeing her lying on that bed. Tears began to well up in my eyes because I knew that at that moment she did not know that she had cancer, but within the next 30 seconds, our lives were about to change.
.....

For the full story, subscribe to the The Ouachita Citizen's NEW E-Edition!



Robert Charles Payne is an inspirational writer who lives in West Monroe. He can be contacted by e-mailing robertcharlespayne@yahoo.com.


Search Our Site

Advertising

Local Weather

© 2002-2013 The Ouachita Citizen - All Rights Reserved
Web Site Design by Panther Networks, Inc.