Ernie is 91. He has cancer. He just found out last month. He knows he doesn’t have much time left. But he feels fine – it’s one of those painless but fast-growing ones.
Ernie’s been married to Lulu for 68 years. Do you know how he’s spending his last days? Taking care of Lulu – running errands, “whatever she wants me to do.” Lulu’s fine, Ernie’s the one dying. But he says he still falls in love with her more everyday. He says he owes her – she’s been so loyal and followed him to Detroit 50 years ago even though she never wanted to leave Baltimore.
You might remember that when you hear sometime this winter that the famous baseball announcer Ernie Harwell has died.
You keep score in baseball. Keep score in marriage and you may win, but your marriage will lose. Unless the score you keep is the debt of love you owe them. That’s the score Ernie’s been keeping. And he’s still trying to pay her back.
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