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What If

For example: what if it
had not rained that day

you and I had not sought
shelter in the same cafe

perhaps we would never
have met~ a pot of coffee,
some pie, the hours flew
by; that spontaneous bet
(let's get married) turned
into a 40 year duet...

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Sally Eslinger

August 16, 2024 at 9:00 PM

Yes, i play the What if? thought game with lots of things. Jim & i are also 40 yr. anniversary tomorrow 17th. But foe me, as i look back, i clearly see the steps of fate, God, that brought us together. You two are very blessed as well. Love this poem! hugs, your pal sal

Joseph P. DiMino

August 17, 2024 at 12:19 PM

Hi Sal, happy to see you well enough to participate. Yes, Ila and I are very blessed. Love is a complete mystery...and yet, it helps to explain the Mystery of God. Happy Anniversary!! Wishing you many more. Blessings.

Hilda Greenhough

August 16, 2024 at 4:49 PM

I enjoy this happy ending poem. We need uplifting thoughts in this day and age.

Joseph P. DiMino

August 16, 2024 at 5:04 PM

Hi Hilda; thank you. The wife and I feel very blessed.

Ink Empress

August 16, 2024 at 1:27 PM

Wow thats amazing! Sometimes fate and destiny puts two souls and hearts together because they were meant to be, although sometimes we wonder “ what if” its so beautiful how you’ve shared this! Its an accomplishment to have had 40 years with the one you love. Congratulations. Sending you both light

Joseph P. DiMino

August 16, 2024 at 4:45 PM

We really had little in common except our both loving music. She showed me how to see and love God. That was new to me.

Andrea Dietrich

August 16, 2024 at 1:54 AM

This is adorable. Congrats. Tomorrow is my husband's and my 49th!

Joseph P. DiMino

August 16, 2024 at 6:21 AM

Actually we have only been married 26 years. Prior to that we dated for about 10, and knew each other for several years as very good friends before becoming an exclusive couple. It is my second, and her third. If at first you don't succeed...as the saying goes. 49...Wow! Where does time go? Congratulations!!

Victor Buhagiar

August 16, 2024 at 1:53 AM

An unexpected meeting or arranged as a bet? Still you wrote a fine poem.

Joseph P. DiMino

August 16, 2024 at 6:12 AM

HI Victor. A lot in common: we love music...and most of all, God!

Valsa George

August 15, 2024 at 8:12 PM

Chance meetings can turn into lasting relationships. The working of fate is mysterious. Beautifully penned. Dear Joe, may your love life extend yet to another couple of decades!

Joseph P. DiMino

August 16, 2024 at 6:09 AM

Indeed. Not exactly all true here, but we are an odd couple in many ways, we had very little in common, and doubt that friends and family thought it would work out. Two crazy types. But we bucked the odds, my second time around her third, and it has worked. I could not ask for a better wife...and best friend! Both in one person.