Tag: romance
group name: famiilyhistory
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July 27, 2006 12:31 AM EDT --
I have written before about the death of my fiancee, Robert Varraso, when I was just 20 years old. This is something I wrote shortly after he died.
I had never expected to be there. I stepped . . . more
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August 17, 2006 09:55 PM EDT --
We were in bed, some motel on the road,
the teevee all that was going on.
As in so many days and nights together at that point.
I know it was the road because we had no teevee in the bedroom at home. . . . more
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August 19, 2006 03:32 PM EDT --
Now that I'm officially OLD I can do stuff like this..
Her name, I think was Marylin, and I had a huge crush on her. I think there was the possibility of return but for one thing.. he was about our . . . more
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December 02, 2006 01:07 AM EST --
Putting up the tree this year brings me back to when we first met.
That first year when we put up our tree we were as innocent as sugar plum fairies as we danced from the living room to the bedroom, . . . more
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January 06, 2008 01:39 AM EST --
My first poem of the year.
I am Love.
I was there the first time they met.
I was there when they shared a first kiss.
I was there when they walked . . . more
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May 30, 2006 05:27 PM EDT --
I have a real love of the little 'Mom & Pop' places along the road.. and when I say road I do
NOT mean interstates..
Here are a couple I found in my travels, not retouched beyond improving . . . more
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November 07, 2007 11:31 AM EST --
#33 The Start of Our Sophomore Year
As soon as I got my suitcase to my room and said goodbye to my parents I went to the phone. I remember calling to tell Marilyn I’d arrived . . . more
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November 08, 2007 10:35 AM EST --
#34 Falling Into a Pattern Fall 1961
I remember the fall of 1961 very fondly. Our relationship was strong and growing stronger by the day. The anticipated problem . . . more
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November 09, 2007 08:48 AM EST --
#35 Thanksgiving Break 1961
Oddly, my memories of Marilyn being at my home during Thanksgiving break aren't nearly as sharp as those of my visit to her during the past summer. . . . more
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March 01, 2008 09:29 PM EST --
#98 Reunions and Reminisces
I met Marilyn several times at airports all over the country. Some of those, Tulsa in 1961, Chicago in 1962, are very clear in my memory. . . . more
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March 23, 2008 04:51 PM EDT --
Our Freshman Year (1960-1961)
#1 A Tentative Start
My life started at about 8:30 PM on September 20, 1960. I didn't know it at the time. After all, I was only . . . more
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November 12, 2006 09:34 PM EST --
Dad was the oldest of three boys and had lost his mother in 1932 when he was 12 years old. In 1936, my grandpa remarried and his second wife had a son who was a little older than my dad. Always what they . . . more
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November 05, 2007 01:02 AM EST --
#31 September Letters 1961
In September I wrote 5 letters and she wrote 4. All the letters were written by September 5 th since we planed to be back at school by the . . . more
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November 11, 2007 11:03 PM EST --
#38 January 1962 The Perfect Month
We got back to school on the forth of January and once again it was as if we had never been apart. Everything was once again the way it was . . . more
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November 12, 2007 09:36 AM EST --
#39 Autopilot Through Spring Break
Now I’ll have to admit I don’t have any specific memories of the time between the end of the first semester and spring break. I . . . more
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November 13, 2007 01:09 AM EST --
#40 Finishing a Thought
I’m still pondering just how to say what I mean about our relying on each other’s opinion not being good for us in the long run. I think it . . . more
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November 14, 2007 11:01 PM EST --
#41 End of Our Sophomore Year
I left off with my class work. I did try, but here is where the bad habits I’d picked up in high school came back to haunt me. I really . . . more
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November 15, 2007 01:16 AM EST --
#42 The Start of Summer 1962
Well, here we go. The summer of 1962. By far the worst summer of my life. And, to a great extent it was my own fault. . . . more
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November 16, 2007 12:08 AM EST --
#43 June Moves Along
Well, on we go. As I said, I was very foolish during the first week of summer vacation. My second letter, written June 7 th was just a short love . . . more
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November 17, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
#44 The Last Serious Letters of June
As I said, now it gets confusing. On the 22ed of June Marilyn writes one of the best letters of all that she ever wrote to me. She . . . more
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