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It's been 5 years and 5 months since my partner died. I'm doing so well.
For 5 years I was in hell. Then out of the blue, I met the most wonderful human. Life is so strange, unique, and unpredictable.
10 years ago, my partner woke up excited to tell me about his dream. He said, "I dreamed you and I were walking on a road in the dark. . ." His description made me think of driving on the backwoods dirt roads in this area. He described the walk like we could see the road, but everything was dark. He said a Momma duck walked across the road with her baby ducklings following.
He said that I looked over to him and said, "Well, I guess that's what life is about. You and me, walking down this road together ----watching the ducks cross the road. . ."
How sweet is that? He attributed the thought to me. But it was his brain that gave him the dream. How he thought of me, is how I thought of him. I can't imagine a more pleasant existence than walking down the road with the person I love most as we watch the ducks live.
March 18, 2019, I thought life was over. The person I spent 22 years with died. But in December of 2024, this really amazing person came into my ER room and said, "Your too handsome to be in here. . ."
My immediate thought was, "Are you trying to placate me?"
Here we are, eight months later.
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And then it hit me: I don't have to talk to the void.
I've got the most wonderful lover. I want him so.
debm55
(30,905 posts)LudwigPastorius
(10,345 posts)One magic day he passed my way
And while we spoken of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
The greatest thing
You'll ever learn
Is just to love
And be loved in return
UniqueUserName
(238 posts)You touched my heart. ---
---so did debm55 (Her name doesn't show up in my response. I am routing for Rich)
We are one. All of us who understand. We are one. I can't help but feel sorrow for people who don't understand.