the longer i live………… life still amazes……………i see things that just can’t be

but they are……………………….

things that seem would never work do…………………..people that are total opposites that seem to enjoy their differences………………

there is a thing that surpasses and supercedes everything else……culture, beliefs, social status, wealth and even health……………..love

for real : i met a lady in her forties, my guess, waiting for an oil change and we got to talking…………people always talk to me…………..she was having to do the car stuff because her husband just had a bypass……..she showed me a picture of them with his kids………….he was widowed and she was divorced and had no children[it was obvious that her husband was older] i didn’t ask but she probably figured i was thinking he was a lucky old fart, which i did confess to later, so she said he was 15 years her senior.

then she told me their story: he was her boss in an upscale accounting firm. they worked together and walked sometimes at lunch and that was it. she had a great deal of respect for him for the way he treated her and the other women in the agency.

She found out that when she traveled for business her husband traveled across town to a mistress………………..she was devastated…..he visited her with his wife and had her over for dinner and helped her ease off the wine when she started to lose herself in the bottle……………..”he is a great man,” she said and got me going to church again………..which was a Godsend………..we laughed…………..and that pulled me through……………

”about a year later i started to date some but nothing clicked and he warned me i was in a vulnerable spot and to be cautious……….that advice i gratefully adhered to and it proved invaluable………………nothing ever grew into anything serious……..

then Irma, his wife……..a beautiful person with ageless beauty got sick and was diagnosed with cancer and i walked with him through that……….he told me later when she was in last few days she told him she was lucky to have him for as long as she did……..and could not bear the thought of him growing old alone…………..stay in shape and marry Lilly after i’m gone………….i want you to do that………..i can’t think of anyone else i would want to have you…….he said he was bowled over……………..and finished with she’ll accept…… women know these things and she was right………….

he has been a partner that takes the time to hear me……….confide with me……consult with me……………and love me in ways i never knew i was missing ………age is trying to slow him down……and it will some……..but i know him and he’ll bounce back and figure out how to make this a blessing, that’s the kind of man he is………………….i needed his wisdom and now he needs my youth…………….square deal as far as i am concerned”………..

the attendant said her car was ready and she got up and paid her bill…i admit i watched that skirt saunter over to the counter…….heading to her car she winked and said ” dear, the best things in life aren’t logical”………..

whoa…………………………….i reckon she’s right……………and he is a lucky old fart