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In reply to the discussion: Hmm just discovered this room. [View all]Skittles
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To Those I Love
If I should ever leave you whom I love
To go along the Silent Way, grieve not,
Nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk
Of me as if I were beside you there.
(I'd come - I'd come, could I but find a way!
But would not tears and grief be barriers?)
And when you hear a song or see a bird I loved,
please do not let the thought of me
Be sad . . .
For I am loving you just as
I always have . . .
You were so good to me!
There are so many things I wanted still
To do - so many things to say to you . . .
Remember that I did not fear . . . It was
Just leaving you that was so hard to face . . .
We cannot see Beyond . . .
But this I know:
I loved you so -
'twas heaven here with you!
by Isla Paschal Richardson
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I was going to St. Petersburg for 2 or 3 weeks every year up until the damn COVID.
doc03
Apr 2021
#6
I was there for like 3 hours one year. I took the ferry out of Fort Myers and back one day.
doc03
Apr 2021
#9
St. Pete is one of my favorite cities to visit. Tried to get my wife to consider moving there
Lochloosa
Apr 2021
#10
It's wonderful that you were lucky enough to have had a guy like that for 36 years.
SunSeeker
Apr 2021
#19
I'm sure you'll find many people here that, together, will perhaps not fill that void...
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2021
#30
Great to hear. Unless people are very specific about their state of mind, etc, it's not always easy
BobTheSubgenius
Apr 2021
#47