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rsandcousins.letterstonieces,nephewsandneighbours.andalettertome.

ireaditsometimeswheniaminthemoodand,whenido,iamremindedofallieoncoldwinterevenings,seatedbyaroaringfirewithaglassofwineatherside,readingthelettersihadwrittentoherovertheyears.shekeptthem,theseletters,andnowikeepthem,forshemademepromisetodoso.shesaidiwouldknowwhattodowiththem.shewasright;ifindienjoyreadingbitsandpiecesofthemjustassheusedto.theyintrigueme,forwhenisiftthroughthemirealizethatromanceandpassionarepossibleatanyage.iseeallienowandknowi'veneverlovedhermore,butasireadtheletters,icometounderstandthatihavealwaysfeltthesameway.

ireadthemlastthreeeveningsago,longafterishouldhavebeenasleep.itwasalmosttwoo'clockwheniwenttothedeskandfoundthestackofletters,thickandweathered.iuntiedtheribbon,itselfalmosthalfacenturyold,andfoundthelettershermotherhadhiddensolongagoandthosefromafterwards.alifetimeofletters,lettersprofessingmylove,lettersfrommyheart.iglancedthroughthemwithasmileonmyface,pickingandchoosing,andfinallyopenedaletterfromourfirstanniversary.

ireadanexcerpt:

wheniseeyounow—movingslowlywithnewlifegrowinginsideyou—ihopeyouknowhowmuchyoumeantome,andhowspecialthisyearhasbeen.nomanismoreblessedthanme,andiloveyouwithallmyheart.

iputitasideandfoundanother,thisonefromacoldeveningthirty-nineyearsago:

sittingnexttoyou,whileouryoungestdaughtersangoff-keyintheschoolchristmasshow,ilookedatyouandsawapridethatcomesonlytothosewhofeeldeeplyintheirhearts,andiknewthatnomancouldbeluckierthanme.

andafteroursondied,theonewhoresembledhismother...itwasthehardesttimeweeverwentthrough,andthewordsstillringtruetoday:

intimesofgriefandsorrowiwillholdyouandrockyou,andtakeyourgriefandmakeitmyown.whenyoucry,icry,andwhenyouhurt,ihurt.andtogetherwewilltrytoholdbackthefloodsoftearsanddespairandmakeitthrough.

ipauseforjustamoment,rememberinghim.hewasfouryearsoldatthetime,justababy.ihavelivedtwentytimesaslongashe,butifasked,iwouldhavetradedmylifeforhis.itisaterriblethingtooutliveyourchild,atragedyiwishuponnoone.

theywenton,thiscorrespondenceoflifeandlove,andireaddozensmore,somepainful,mostheart-warming.bythreeo'clockiwastired,butihadreachedthebottomofthestack.therewasoneletterremaining,thelastoneiwrotetoher,andbytheniknewihadtokeepgoing.iliftedthesealandremovedbothpages.iputthesecondpageasideandmovedthefirstpageintobetterlightandbegantoread:

mydearestallie,

theporchissilentexceptforthesoundsthatfloatfromtheshadows,andforonceiamatalossforwords.itisastrangeexperienceforme,forwhenithinkofyouandthelifewehaveshared,thereismuchtoremember.alifetimeofmemories.buttoputitintowords?iamnotapoet,andyetapoemisneededtofullyexpressthewayifeelaboutyou.

somyminddriftsandirememberthinkingaboutourlifetogetherasimadecoffeethismorning.katewasthere,andsowasjane,andtheybothbecamequietwheniwalkedintothekitchen.isawthey'dbeencrying,andwithoutawordisatmyselfbesidethematthetableandheld,theirhands.andwhenilookedatthem,isawyoufromsolong-ago,thedaywesaidgoodbye.theyresembleyouandhowyouwerethen,beautifulandsensitiveandwoundedwiththehurtthatcomeswhensomethingspecialistakenaway.andforareasoni'mnotsureiunderstand,iwasinspiredtotellthemastory.

icalledjeffanddavidintothekitchen,fortheywerehereaswell,andwhenthechildrenwerereadyitoldthemaboutusandhowyoucamebacktomesolongago.itoldthemaboutourwalk,andthecrabdinnerinthekitchen,andtheylistenedwithsmileswhentheyheardaboutthecanoeride,andsittinginfrontofthefirewiththestormragingoutside.itoldthemaboutyourmotherwarningusaboutlonthenextday—theyseemedassurprisedaswewere—andyes,ieventoldthemwhathappenedlaterthatday,afteryouwentbacktotown.

thatpartofthestoryhasneverleftme,evenafterallthistime.eventhoughyoudescribedittomeonlyonce,iremembermarvellingatthestrengthyoushowedthatday.istillcannotimaginewhatwasgoingthroughyourmindwhenyouwalkedintothelobbyandsawlon,orhowitmusthavefelttotalktohim.youtoldmethatthetwoofyoulefttheinnandsatonabenchbytheoldmethodistchurch,andthatheheldyourhand,evenasyouexplainedthatyoumuststay.

iknowyoucaredforhim.andhisreactionprovestomehecaredforyouaswell.evenasyouexplainedthatyouhadalwayslovedme,andthatitwouldn'tbefairtohim,hedidnotreleaseyourhand.iknowhewashurtandangry,andtriedforalmostanhourtochangeyourmind,butwhenyoustoodfirmandsaid,"ican'tgobackwithyou,i'msosorry,"heknewthatyourdecisionhadbeenmade.yousaidhesimplynoddedandthetwoofyousattogetherforalongtimewithoutspeaking.ihavealwayswonderedwhathewasthinkingashesatwithyou,buti'msureitwasthesamewayifeltonlyafewhoursbefore.andwhenhefinallywalkedyoutoyourcar,yousaidhetoldyouthatiwasaluckyman.hebehavedasagentlemanwould,andiunderstoodthenwhyyourchoicewassohard.

irememberthatwhenifinishedthestory,theroomwasquietuntilkatefinallystoodtoembraceme."oh,daddy,"shesaidwithtearsinhereyes,andthoughiexpectedtoanswertheirquestions,theydidnotaskany.instead,theygavemesomethingmuchmorespecial.forthenextfourhours,eachofthemtoldmehowmuchthetwoofushad

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