In the chaos of oxygen being delivered, new nurses coming in, preparations being made for a long night watch, she sat again quietly by his bed. I love you, she said in a lilting voice. He opened his eyes and responded in a low whisper, smiling, I have loved you a loong time; sixty-seven years. No, she said, Its longer than that. We have been married sixty-seven years. But you must have loved me five or six years before that. His eyes were closed but he smiled again and whispered, A loong time. They met as freshmen the fall semester of 1941, at Auburn, almost seventy-three years ago. Except for war, they have been together ever since. The last few weeks have been a beautiful coda to their love affair.
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:54:52 +0000
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