I watched a stranger walk into your house today…
And though I knew it was coming, it was still so hauntingly surreal.
We spoke of retirement and your big move 6 months ago. Where has the time gone?
We watched you make the last minute repairs for your curb appeal, and when the sale sign went up we weren’t surprised.
We were, however, taken aback by how speedy the process was from start to finish. It seemed like only a couple weekends of visitors before the U-Haul arrived.
We watched you loading and arranging with every intention of popping over to say our good-byes, and express our gratitude and well wishes. But the day got away from us, as days often do, and suddenly you and the truck were gone.
Nearly two decades of comings and goings etched into our regular routine, done!
We weren’t close, but we had some nice conversations now and again. We could count on each other the way that good neighbors do.
Your successor has some pretty big shoes to fill albeit unbeknownst to him or her.
I guess we were in a little bit of denial, thinking there would simply be more time… until there wasn’t…
And now it’s too late to say good-bye.
©Dani Heart
6-23-2019
a Heart on the matter 
Beautifully said. So true how time just slips by. The words just flow from your heart and through to your pen. I enjoy everything you write.
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Thank you sweet Cindy. You’re the sweetest. Xo
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Made me cry…
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There is no greater compliment to a writer than they made someone feel from reading their words. thank you sweetest Heart.
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Dani, that’s so beautiful and so skilfully done. It feels so real and is similar to an experience I’ve had. There’s never going to be enough time, is there?
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No, I don’t think there is. We get so caught up in life, and there is so much that we take for granted until it’s gone. The best that we can do is try to stop and acknowledge and live in the moment when we can. I guess… Thank you so much sweet Melody.
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