579 days…
1 year, 7 months.
….and I miss you so much right now.
Today, we were driving home from grocery shopping when I thought about That Old Black Car that was sometimes parked outside a particular house, just around the corner from home…
…and every time I saw it, I’d say something like “hey, wow – look at that old car” and you’d call me a goldfish, because I’d have forgotten that we’d see that car parked there every couple of months and I’d always say the same thing like I’d never seen it before.
It got to be one of Our Jokes. You’d call me a goldfish before I ever got to point the car out to you.
…and I miss that you aren’t there to laugh at me and share injokes that nobody else would get.
I miss you.
I love you.
XA
Shortly before my brother died he commented one day that after all these years with his wife (34 years-since they were 14) that she understood his jokes and stories with just a word or two. As you capably point out without even needing the word to elicit the laugh we all crave to hear from each other.
I am sorry for your loss, Amanda, wish I could reach ya to hug.
😦 i just pictured the whole scene, with and without your husband 😦