I dated a woman for 7 years. Starting at age 12!

We parted ways while I was in college.

Not all that long after we parted, I was friendly with a woman named Angelina.

She was a stunning Italian woman...way out of my league. I would never have attempted to ask her out. She stupefied me, and I was bumbling and shy around her.

One day she approached me and said "Hey, we should go out sometime". I was so shy, I said "really"?

We dated for a few years. She was killed in a car accident while we were dating. She was alone in her car at night and she got in an accident.

I've never been the type to date a lot of different women, but I've had some really good long term and semi-long term relationships.

I had a really hard time after her accident.

“A table stands empty by the edge of the stream” really did something to me when I was younger. Not loaded with meaning, but loaded with imagery that somehow haunted me. As it does to this day.

Me too, my friend. Me too.

a blessing to you.

but I've loved more than a few women in my life. And I still love them.