I think she’s feeling it
too. It was something we discussed last
night on the phone. This is kind of
strange because there have been numerous forced separations during our
marriage; mostly when I left for weeks or months on end to go play with well
armed friends. As we’ve gotten older it’s
become increasingly hard to be apart for these extended times.
It seems that despite the
fact that we are masters at getting under each other’s skin at times we both
miss the opportunity to do so on a daily basis.
It could be that we’re into our fifth year of empty nesting and depend
on each other for an almost invisible emotional support each day just by being
around. I know I smile each day when I drive
in from work and see her car in the garage, knowing she’s upstairs waiting to
regale me with day’s adventures or Buddy’s misadventures.
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| I Miss This |
Marriages are tough and all
too easy to give up on early on before you truly get to know each other. I think these elder years are payback for all
the tough times every marriage goes through.
If it’s possible to stick it out and overlook the little things about
the spouse that drive you crazy the benefits are something like we’re
experiencing now. A closeness that can
only be formed over the slow forge of years spent together.
I miss it, a lot. It may be time to deploy the jigsaw puzzles
which so effectively consume time.
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