"I let someone
in and I had the time of my life."
~Quote
from Diane Keaton in the movie SOMETHINGS GOTTA GIVE |
It had been my life to go to
sleep alone and awaken alone. Suddenly I was blessed with a loving,
trusted, gentle companion and years that yielded cuddles and hugs and
nightly kisses. Now again I go to sleep alone and awaken alone and
the thirteen and one half years have disappeared.
I met him on a Tuesday and
my heart stood still. We knew we would never celebrate a 50th wedding anniversary so we celebrated Tuesday
anniversaries of the day we met. He died just short of our 700th.
Our courtship is saved on paper.
Most of it was done through cyberspace by email. One genuine
dinosaur John Wayne and one semi-dinosaur Baby Boomer managing to
fight our way into the 21st Century looking for love. His
search was due to his doctor's prescription. Mine was just being in
the right place at the right time.
We lived a dream. Now I am
awake and it is over. The memories will never be over.