My eyes blinked open and I stared at the ceiling blankly for a moment, as memories came flooding back. I'd gotten an infection and they'd treated it and that was about all I could remember.
I blinked again.
The ceiling was my ceiling! I was on the island! How was that possible?
Someone shifted beside me and then Asia's smiling face came up into my field of vision, "Good morning sugar."
I blinked again, "We're on the island?" I asked, still not believing what my eyes were telling me.
She nodded.
"I don't remember coming here!"
"You were sedated. I convinced the doctors that you'd heal up faster here, as opposed to being cooped up in a stuffy hospital."
"Thank you!" I said overwhelmed with gratitude for her actions on my behalf.
"You're welcome baby." She said softly, as her fingers grasped my face, as she leaned in to kiss me passionately.
During the kiss two things became clear to me. One was how so very much I was grateful to have come through what I had and to be here with this woman I loved back on my island. The other was the startling realization that my beloved pressed up against me was as naked as I was, except for where I was covered in bandages.
Her lips drew away from mine and her eyes were full of smoky passion as she said, "I want to make a baby with you."
I groaned, "Honey I'd love to, but I'm not quite up to that right now. Heck I don't think I can even sit up!"
She smiled and the light in her eyes turned to that of a teasing glow, "What's this? You refusing to have an intimate encounter with me?
Mindful of my broken leg she eased over more on to me and said teasingly, "And besides, who said you had to get up."
"You are an unmitigated hedonistic little temptress!" I exclaimed, as she charmed me into the impossible.
Smiling seductively she said, "Oh you're wrong about that honey. I'm just a wife that loves to appreciate her man, who I think is up for any challenge that I throw at him."
She kissed me back passionately and it was a kiss that I returned with equal passion. She drew back smiling, but her smile changed, as she saw the tear coming down my face.
"I love you!" I said simply, at a lack for any better way of putting it. "You've changed everything with the gift of yourself to me. I love God for so many reasons, but the gift of you is one of the biggest. If it wasn't for your sacrifice I'd still be in the dark and lost from the truth of how much God loves me!"