As I wrote "Sisters by Heart - Partners in Aging" I ended each chapter with a "reflection". These turned out to be a subtle look at the love Kay and I shared.
Chapter One Reflection - Coming Together. Over the years Kay and I have frequently exchanged thoughts about the early days when we first met - when the greens of growth and understanding first began to take root. She had told me about the hurt and mental suffering she'd endured when her longtime partner abandoned the life they'd shared together. "I was so angry with myself for not seeing it coming I punched my fist into the wall, " she said. "The greatest difficulty was working with her in the same department".
I, on the other hand, had a background of two marriages spread over twenty-five years. One ending in divorce, the second in widowhood. Kay and I were similarly bruised even though each of us carried a different sort of emotional baggage. As a result, our journey together was one of support and strength for each other.
It was then we became sisters by heart.
Chapter Two Reflection - Relocating. Inanimate things put in a box and transported one hundred miles away, then taken out and arranged on new shelves and in new drawers, takes nothing away from them. They have no soft centers; they are inanimate.
A person similarly transported has more to cope with. The effect on the human spirit, psyche and sensitivity is profound as one struggles to fit one's square being into the round hole of a new environment.
I said to Kay, "We have no shared memories or bedrock to anchor us during this emotional upheaval we're going through. Help me."
I reached out. Her hand was there. It still is.
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