I Miss You...

Ethan:
Today I was walking in the mall with the girls, wasting time waiting for our food from California Pizza Kitchen (silly me, I shoulda called first, I know…). Anyway, Ava was running around with a big pie eatin' grin on her face and Mychaela and I were trying to pass an old couple but we couldn't because there was too much stuff down the middle of the walkway… I realized after a few moments that the woman had just been carrying on non-stop the entire time. The couple were probably in their 70's, at least, and they were holding hands walking through the mall and the woman was blabbing his ear off (in Spanish), Occasionally he'd chime in "mm-hhmm" or something like that. All I could think of was you. And then us. And that we would never be 70 and holding hands walking through the mall, me talking your ear off about something (probably my bunions) and you just saying "mm-hhmm". Until, of course, you got tired of the mall and started your "where's the layaway department" routine in the middle of Nordstrom. (BTW, I know I acted mortified when you did that, but I only reacted that way because you were so very pleased with yourself for embarrassing me. I really thought it was funny).

I miss you desperately. When I saw that couple today, I almost cried. I don't understand why God lets some people have each other for so long, yet others get one another for a mere moment. It's not fair. It's really not fair…

I love you a million times,

Stephie