A young widow moved into the neighborhood. I met her and was so pleased to see how adjusted she was, knowing she had two teenage sons to raise. Despite missing her first truelove, she continued to be a devoted mother to her sons. Their children were loved well. When her dear husband died unexpectedly due to cancer, the grief resulted in them not putting up a Christmas tree and mistletoe. Holidays were not the same without their father. She stayed home, heartbroken in grief.
A year went by, and
she decided to do volunteer work to get out of the house while her sons were
away at school. Getting out was a step to recover her life. Another year went
by, and with the encouragement of friends, she decided to try to socialize and
maybe even date again.
Without much hope, she went on a dating app and gave little
detail about her personal life with her picture. She is a stunning figure of a woman.
Then, the emails came pouring in. Being older and wiser and believing in a
higher power, she perused the many emails. She was in no hurry.
She immediately deleted any email asking for information on
her profession or living situation. Dozens of emails kept coming, but one day,
one email interested her. The email wanted to know how she liked her coffee. She
answered, and a gentle conversation ensued for a month until they decided to
meet.
He had his own construction business but bartended on the weekends
for society. He invited her to the bar where he worked so she would be in a
public place to meet him and his friends.
That first night, they met eyes, and both saw something. All
his friends at the bar could not believe how much fun these two had together upon
their first meeting. By the end of that night, all his friends told him, she is
the one you have been waiting for all your life. She and he have been inseparable
since. He was a bachelor with no children, about five years older than her, and
never married. It is the perfect age and match. He met her sons, and they liked
each other straight away. She could not believe her life was turning so bright
so quickly after such grief of losing her first truelove. She told me this love
was new, different, but as beautiful. She found truelove twice in one life.
Two months later, he proposed, she said, “Yes!” He took her
on a two-week cruise to celebrate.
(Coincidentally, she was the teacher’s pet in a high school
class, her future mother-in-law.)
When she returned home, her youngest son had put up a
holiday tree and mistletoe.
