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

Date: 8/16/2024 9:00:00 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

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/17/2024 12:19:00 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

Date: 8/16/2024 4:49:00 PM

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

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2024 5:04:00 PM

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

Ink Empress

Date: 8/16/2024 1:27:00 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

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2024 4:45:00 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

Date: 8/16/2024 1:54:00 AM

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

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2024 6:21:00 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

Date: 8/16/2024 1:53:00 AM

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

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2024 6:12:00 AM

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

Valsa George

Date: 8/15/2024 8:12:00 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!

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/16/2024 6:09:00 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.

Silent One

Date: 8/15/2024 12:24:00 PM

A bit like that sliding doors movie... I believe was destiny for you...

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2024 2:30:00 PM

Addicted to love...what the heck -- a poet has to be. Thank you, Si. Blessings my friend.

Darlene De Beaulieu

Date: 8/15/2024 11:44:00 AM

Hello Joe DiMino, What if? It would be romantic. Enjoy your day my friend. /Darlene./

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 8/15/2024 3:42:00 PM

Hello Joe yes fun to remember. Enjoy your evening my friend./Darlene/

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2024 2:29:00 PM

All the what ifs in life...fun to wonder. Thank you, Darlene. Blessings.

Tom Woody

Date: 8/15/2024 6:07:00 AM

Awesome. A similar thing happened to me. I met my wife at the mall. She approached me and just started talking. She said she'd never approached a man before in her life. We just passed 30 years

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2024 6:17:00 AM

Wonderful Tom; I love true love stories. Many more blessed years together I wish you and your precious wife.

Suzanne Delaney

Date: 8/15/2024 5:01:00 AM

I love the flow of this, Joe ...and the content even more. SuZ

Joe Dimino
Date: 8/15/2024 5:03:00 AM

Oh, thank you, Suzanne -- it was so much fun to write. Blessings my friend.