A Love Story......

They met in their senior year in high school.  It was almost love at first sight.  Something told them it was more than just a friendship.  Graduation came, and they were a couple, they couldn't imagine life getting any better.

Life changed quickly for them.  He got transferred to the far north, she still wanted to start nursing school but nature was taking it's tole on her body.  A  baby was soon on it's way.  While their friends were all out partying and doing what it is the average 18 year old does they were living the life of our parents. Their days were full of how they would pay bills, the rent and the extra mouth to feed was what  in store for the two of them. However, they ventured forward.


The baby came one warm summer morning. Although they were struggling, life was looking good and the future bright.  Unfortunately, things took a turn, and life threw them a curve ball. The bills started to pile up the electrical company took no mercy and cut off their heat.  They did their best to put on a cheerful face and faced the storm that life as a young couple with a child would deal them.

A few years passed and they decided it was time to marry and make good on their promise to each other. It wasn't long after that the second child arrived.  She was well into working double shifts, and going to school.  She was determined to become the nurse she had dreamed she would be.  He worked at odd jobs to put food on the table.  They struggled but remained happy, well as happy as they could be.

Years later they looked back on their life, their children now grown and left the nest.  They wonder what their lives now held.  The struggles that kept them strong and bonded, their children's school and community involvement  now a thing of the past.  They looked at each other as though they were strangers.  They asked themselves  "who is this person I have shared my bed with all these years.  Do I really know them"?  Life continued and eventually they both wondered off doing their own thing,  he playing golf, fishing and work, she playing softball interspersed with her work.  Little time was left for each other.  They began to grow apart.  These two people who had known each other for over 2 decades no longer knew each other and drifted apart.

One day they realized that they didn't share the same ideas for the future.  After almost 30 years together they decided to go their separate ways.  It wasn't because of infidelity on either part, no it was simple, they realized they just weren't blending and maybe it best they lead separate lives. So the decision was made and  they sold the family home and went their separate ways.

Time passed, he moved into a few different apartments attempting to make them home.  She filled her time with extra overtime and lots more softball, and yet they managed to stay friends and communicate.

He moved and took a job 4 hours away, she continued to work in the city.  She missed him, he missed her, they missed the simple things that made their relationship what is was for all those years.  She came to visit him on what would be their 28th anniversary.

They connected, they found the love that was always there but temporarily got lost. He is looking for a home for them to share in the new town and she is excited for the move and the new life.

Love reunited....it doesn't get any better.