Saying Goodbye

For Day 10 of BlogFest 2012 we were given a picture prompt by today's host Daphne Palmer Romero of  My Distant Husband.  My interpretation for this prompt is a fictional story.  I hope you enjoy it.

     Could it only have been a week since he and Melissa had sat in this very spot holding hands and watching the tides roll in and out?  He had told her he loved her and that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.  It mattered little that they were barely teenagers.  Their love was timeless.  Her eyes had brightened as she looked into his.  She smiled the sweetest smile, blushed, giggled, and promised she would love him forever.  They had kissed to seal their promise to each other.  It had been his first kiss and it had been magical.  They had sat there a long time discussing their hopes and dreams for the future as they watched the sun set into the horizon.  It had been so perfect.  His life had held so much promise…then.  

        Tears clouded his vision as he gazed out to sea remembering the rainy Tuesday night that had followed.  It was not supposed to end like this!!  They had their whole lives ahead of them.  They had been the best of friends ever since he could remember.  Melissa had always been there, ever since that first day of kindergarten.  They had been instant friends and inseparable ever since.  Now because of slippery roads and a drunk driver his dreams with Melissa were gone.  Her life had been snuffed out.  When she left this earth, she took his heart with her.  Instead of the joy he once felt when he gazed out to sea, he only felt heart wrenching pain.  He railed at the fates that had taken her from him.  Sure they were young, but in his heart of hearts he could never imagine anyone taking her place.  She would always hold a special place in his heart.  She had been his dearest friend.   It had only been recently that he realized how beautiful a girl she truly was and that his feelings had run far deeper than mere friendship.  He never had wanted to lose her.  How would he go on without her now?

         He stood on the beach watching the tides, feeling the breezes against his face, as he waited.  It seemed necessary to wait for the sun to set.  She had loved the sunset.  She would have wanted him to stay.  He was alone on the beach, still he felt her presence.   As the sky darkened and the sun crept lower into the horizon he thought of her smile.  He thought about the way her sun kissed hair used to blow into her eyes, and without thinking she would push it away.  Finally the sun was gone, night had fallen, and with one last glance to the sea he whispered goodbye and walked slowly away knowing he would never forget his first love.  

Goodbye 2011- Hello 2012 BFF 154

     It seems a little late in the day to be saying goodbye to 2011 and hello to 2012, but since I haven’t written a word this year…it somehow feels appropriate. It is a new year, the holiday break is finally over, the kids back to school, and it is time to either $hit or get off the pot.

     It has been so nice to devote the time to my kids while they were home. I was blessed to have my husband home for Christmas and to bring in the New Year. As I predicted, he was Mr. Make it Happen and because of him Santa Claus did find my house to the delight of all of us. 2011 was a rough year which we survived and thankfully as 2012 rolled in, for the first time in my life I was simply satisfied to yell “Happy New Year” to my children from bed, kiss my sweet husband goodnight and go to sleep. Every other year we celebrated. We hollered, set off fire crackers, popped balloons, and danced around like lunatics. In years past we always indulged in a little alcohol to toast the New Year. Not this one.

     This year began quietly with no pomp and circumstance, but happily because we were all together. It signaled a time to do away with excess and expensive electronics. Goodbye expensive cell phone that could do everything but wipe my a$$, thank you very much. Hello inexpensive, pay as you go phone! Goodbye modem, DVR, and 50 million channels I could never hope to watch, and hello the bare minimum! Goodbye home phone!! I never used you anyway, and the only people who did call on that phone I really never wanted to talk to anyways. Goodbye game systems!! The kids are a lot better behaved without you!

     2012 has welcomed a return to simpler times at my house. A time of reading books, listening to music, watching movies and local television, and playing games with my kids. The Christmas of 2011 brought my kids interest in LEGOS. I received the game “Creationary” for Christmas and it has quickly become a family favorite. The kids and I have spent hours creating the images on the cards included in the game. The kids received and built Harry Potter LEGOS and play constantly with their Hagrid’s hut and Hogwart’s castle while enjoying Harry Potter movie marathons.

     As for me, with my internet off until I can reinstate it at home, I have taken a vacation from writing while my kids were on Christmas break. Now that they are back to school, it is time to write and get off the pot! To be honest, I have thought about giving up writing entirely. Still, here I am. What the hell, writing has become a part of me and I will continue for better or for worse. One day I will have the convenience of internet at home again, and until then I will make do somehow. I would miss it and the friends I have made, so I continue for better or for worse. Hello writing! So without regrets, I bid adieu to 2011 and hello to 2012 until next time when I give you another glimpse into the life of a trucker’s wife.