Those Were the Days
I tell myself everyday, how lucky I am to have married such a great woman. Her name was
Alice. She had beautiful blonde hair, sapphire eyes, and a great heart. Whenever I am
around her I feel as though I am already in heaven.
I will never forget when we first met, walking on the boardwalk. The ocean was aqua blue, so
clear that you could see the coral resting in the bay. I accidentally walked over her, while
she was lying in the sand. She was the only thing that could take my eyes off of the crystal
blue water. Those were the days.
I will never forget our wedding night, on the same beach where we had met. We took
eachother's hand, and gave our everlasting vow of love for eachother. I could not stop
looking at her eyes. I could see angels smiling back at me. her eyes were like a solar
eclipse, so beautiful and rare. Our wedding night, the night of our lives. We now belonged
together forever. Those were the days.
I will never forget when we had our son, Daniel. He had his mother's eyes and smile, and his
hair color came from me. When delivered he did not shed a tear, but he looked at me and
smiled. He smiled at me just like his mother. We laid in bed together that night, nothing
waking us from a peaceful sleep. Those were the days.
I will never forget my son's graduation from the University of New York. Alice and I were so
proud of him, and still are to this day. Sadly, for Alice, I saw some problems were on the
way. She had many fainting spells, and had short attention span. But she continued to hang
on. Daniel's graduation day. My, how proud I was of my son.
Last night was the most disturbing of all. I laid in bed beside my wife, kissed her on the
cheek goodnight. She looked at me like I’ve never seen her do, and said to me, “Do I know
you?”
Copyright © Daniel Mcgraw | Year Posted 2010
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