May 15th, 2020

Gary was leaving for his second year of college at Emporia State Teacher's College. I would be leaving for my first year at University of Northern Iowa a few weeks later. We dated 400 miles apart, mostly through letters. I had no idea how much I would miss him.

This is the poem I wrote a few weeks after this picture was taken:

How many miles between us?
Let there be no miles tonight.
Wish on a star - 
The star that touches the tree outside,
And I'll wish on the same.
Sigh to the moon -
The moon that caresses my window
And my sigh will be the same.
Whisper a prayer - 
A prayer to the God that listens 
And the same God will listen to me.
And your wish, your sigh, and your prayer
Will touch me
And you'll be here.

In a few weeks we will be celebrating 50 years of marriage. As a way of celebrating, I will be posting some of the poems I wrote for my future husband. Most of them are 60's sappy and not even good poetry, but all of them are a reminder of how quickly times slips away. Love well today.