My Christmas Card to all...Could not wait to send it. Isn't she gorgeous? Three years ago last October I met her in a grieving class provided by Hospice for those who had suffered a loss of a spouse. We both had. She was shy as was I...Took me several weeks to approach her first with an email..which came back because her address uses a l(L) that I thought was a 1(one) instead... How was I to know that, so that was a bummer have it bounce back after taking several weeks to think of something to say to her.
But me being the rocket scientist that I am, I just printed off the email and mailed it to her home explaining what had happened...Took two weeks to hear from her but she finally did respond by email, not excitingly at all just saying maybe we could be email friends. By that time I had taken my motor home south to Naples Florida, but I have to tell you it was just a wee bit exciting hearing from her.
I flew home for Christmas for a week, emailing her that I would be home for maybe 5 days and maybe just maybe. She finally emailed back that her Christmas was just too busy to do anything to get together at all. A couple days before I was to return I decided that I needed to at least drop her off a gift so she would know I for sure really did want to get to know her a little better. So finally got up nerve to try and see her. Figured I only had maybe one shot at this so I decided maybe a nice gift bag with flowers, candy and maybe a book would be a good ice breaker. Purchased some nice chocolates, Williams Flowers on south 18th Street made me a special arrangement and for a book I figured maybe a copy of the book I had helped author with 11 other short story writers, titled "Is this the way it happened? I think So".
So there I had it, my three super gifts in hand, I got driving instructions off the internet, and set out about 5ish maybe to make by bold last ditch effort.
Well her son answered the door and said she is not here...I must have looked disappointed, as when I asked when would be a good time to maybe come back, he said," well you could just go by the nursing home where she works if you want to....So I did, and there she was at the desk when I came in, and this guy was about as nervous as one could get.
So I said "hi, I know you have told me you were too busy during these holidays to get together, but I did just want to bring you these things and maybe if you read my stories in this book, you will get to know me better and next spring when I come home, well maybe then"...
We chatted just a bit, she fielded some phone calls, I busied myself looking at the birds in the cage, made one more attempt at converstation, and then I was out of there. A couple weeks went by and then an email came that she had read my stories and she said, "your good"....That started a somewhat exciting email exchange that winter...Spring came and we did finally have that first date.
I am a lucky man, her good looks are only equaled by her caring, generous, and loving characteristics. Not sure how it will all wind up but we are as facebook calls it "in a relationship", and it is a great one. We both still miss our mates we lost deeply, but also growing in a relationship that has made life once again not just bearable, but exciting...
So I can wish you all now a Very Merry Christmas and also wish all of you a very healthy and prosperous New Year ahead....And think of all the money I have saved on postage here....It's beginning to look and feel like Christmas..........
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