love

Love. what is it. Why does it exist.

Sometimes The Big Bang Theory makes me cry. Have you ever fallen in love with a friend?

Thank you for reading my disjointed writings. Thank you for the conversation.

I am leaving work early tomorrow to go to a viewing. I will be in Indiana Saturday for the funeral. My Aunt Mae passed away.

Now my Aunt Mae lived a love story that should be a movie or a book written by Nicholas Sparks.

My Uncle Leonard was a handsome man. Tall and dark complected. He had sideburns and classically handsome. Leonard and Mae were married before the War.

My uncle Leonard was an Army Nurse and a Medic on Omaha Beach during D-Day and through the Normandy invasion. He also served as a nurse in Vietnam. He worked as a Nurse at a VA hospital During and after the Vietnam war.

I met them both in 1969 and have known them the rest of my life.

My uncle Leonard had a massive stroke while still a young man of 49. He passed in his early 70s. For over 20 years My Aunt Mae did for him all that he would need. I have never seen such love and patience.

After Uncle Leonard passed, my Aunt Mae missed him every single day. This summer while I was unemployed and I would mow Aunt Mae’s grass and tend her flowers and garden she would tell me of Leonard Courting her.

On Valentine’s Day My Aunt Mae joined Uncle Leonard.

12 Comments

  • Roscoe says:

    Marty Robbins was my Uncle Leonard’s favorite singer.

    Wishing you all a Love you can’t live with out.

  • sixx says:

    Theories are exactly that…theories, and yes I have fallen in love with a friend, and what your aunt and uncle had really was true love …I’m very sorry for your loss Roscoe…

  • Storm says:

    I feel your emotion and yes…hard stuff. So Sorry for your loss, but what a beautiful love story with a perfect ending. I can’t imagine 20 years without the love of my life though- That scares the shit out of me. Hang in there buddy. Lots of love and hugs

  • Moonlight_Magic says:

    {{Hugs for you, my friend}} :love: :love: :love: :love:

    Yes, I have fallen in love with a friend a few times. Sometimes they knew, sometimes they didn’t. Sometimes it just remained a friendship and other times it became something more. Sometimes it worked out and other times….well, you get the picture. 🙄

    I’m so sorry for your loss 😥 At least you can always know the comfort that your aunt and uncle shared a special kind of love and also that they are together once again. :love: :love:

  • Jean_S says:

    I am very sorry for your loss Roscoe. It is hard on us to lose those we love . But they remain forever embedded in our hearts. Maybe YOU should write the story of your Aunt Roscoe since you knew her , loved her. Nicholas Sparks is a wonderful author… but you know the passion, true depth of the love between your Aunt and Uncle. Sounds like a best seller to me already.

  • Lady_Hart says:

    :love: :love: :love:

  • Snugglepot says:

    My sincere condolences Roscoe

    :love:

  • FREEBIRD says:

    I will be thinking of you Roscoe…tight hugs!

    Sending sincere condolences. :love: :love: :love:

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