Patience.... Grasshopper ....Patience

[hampster 0]

Hi All,

It Took me nearly 44 years to find the Woman I love (NorthernGirl),

And we got Married on 13th May 2006 this year.

And my Beautiful, Loving & Caring,Wife,

Flew back to Massachusetts on the 16th of May!

I live in Adelaide South Australia.

Everyone going through their own Visa Journey,

Went into it with Some knowledge of how long it would take to do certain visa's.

We are doing CR1 visa.

We both know it will be a long and Arduous time apart.

I have learnt alot from my wife including Patience.

Everyones Journey is different i agree,

But knowing the person you love,

Loves you as much and as uncondtionally as you love them,

then they both can support each other through the long wait for the visa.

We Survive on daily webcam / microphone chats,

and the phonecalls (using cheap phonecards).

We send each other lots of emails,

we send each other "love / care parcels, letters, postcards to each other.

Having a good support system either through friends and or family helps too.

Try to keep positive everyone..

I know the distance is hard,

But look on the bright side,

The rest of your lifes you spend in the arms of your loved ones,

Compared with the delay to be with them with the Visa Journey,

Small sacrifice to pay don't you think?

Hoping everyone gets to be with their loved on soon.

Cheers

Paul

Patience:

Synonyms:

patience, long-suffering, resignation, forbearance

These nouns denote the capacity to endure hardship, difficulty, or inconvenience without complaint.

Patience

emphasizes calmness, self-control, and the willingness or ability to tolerate delay: Our patience will achieve more than our force (Edmund Burke).

Long-suffering

is long and patient endurance, as of wrong or provocation: The general, a man not known for docility and long-suffering, flew into a rage.

Resignation

implies acceptance of or submission to something trying, as out of despair or necessity: I undertook the job with an air of resignation.

Forbearance

denotes restraint, as in retaliating, demanding what is due, or voicing disapproval: “It is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other” (Patrick Henry).

It is easier to meditate than to actually do something for others. I feel that merely to meditate on compassion is to take the passive option. Our meditation should form the basis for action, for seizing the opportunity to do something.

-His Holiness the Dalai Lama

[CarolineM 0]

That's sweet!!! I love your photo - you guys look so cute!

Patience is key!! I know all about the strain of having the one you love across the world!! Good luck and patience

[hampster 0]

Thanks Karo,

Times get hard, but if love is pure and true like mine and my wife is,

then the wait is just a stepping stone (across the big puddle) to our life together.

And you and your Husband look great together as well Karo

Cheers

Paul