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Winter Widowhood

Prelude:           Devotion Devotion is the flowing river each day replenished. No one understands a river's goal because each day's flow is different; Replenishment is Love's Grace because only love always supplies renewing energies, which is  Devotion's fount devout.                                                  Winter Widowhood. It was in the winter came my widowhood. Not surprising really. He'd been sick off and on-- cancer-struck-- for 18 years. Together he and I, from 14 me, 19 he, over all those many years. Much of what is wonderful is lost in the present, only grasped and appreciated when we're introduced to it past. But we made a life of it flowers and thorns; whatever God gave us there. And then in winter time from my life's calendar spent  your name was called, you were no more present but also painless.   My family was great, stood by me; I was great, stood by him, and, then all's gone with him. I was brave all through it stood alone, introduced really for the first time, to winter widowhood. But, I had my animals, which I love. Always have had them around me. Friends, precious friends, were there and they.... carried me; carried me literally, through those next doors to get my life moving again. I  was surprised. Me dating at my age and when you sit and talk with some men they  act as if they are 65 and I realized how young I was. What was wrong with me and my age group? No connection there with these "older men". Tried the dating service; met Jack. A bad boy lover, a little boy;  cuter than all get out. and at first nice, really nice. A New Yorker the story goes, Green Beret, a man's man, grew up in a tough neighborhood; slowly his story emerged and the details for me perturbing. He had been a drug dealer in his 20's (never could quite dismiss that); told crude off color jokes and that, in time, was that. So now I'm feeling "alone" which is strange for me. Maybe it's my hemmed in feeling. On the one side are the younger people who think that people my age are done and through, and you get the feeling that they think your proper place is in an archeological dig. Men my age are chasing the younger "chicks" Me, as I said,  I'm trapped in the wrong age group. Aged I am like fine wine, bottle unopened I still see noonday sun. You wait someone and I  will one day pop the cork on fine aged wine we two to be quickly wonderfully drunk; well, you can guess the rest.

Copyright © November 2002 lonnie hicks


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