The School of Life gives a test that teaches a lesson.
The loss of a loved one is a personal trauma that leaves the
survivor in a state of disbelief, heartbreak and major depression.
But if you accept that God has a plan for you, you can move on.
All Alone in California
We were high school sweethearts who were soon married
and blessed with a loving relationship for three more years.
Then breast cancer came banging on the door and my beautiful
wife passed away leaving me heartbroken, depressed and…
All Alone in California.
A couple of years later as I strolled along a pristine sandy beach,
I pondered hopelessly if ever I would find another loving companion
to ease the unbearable pain that I still endured…
All Alone in California
Suddenly your swaying image came into view, and deep inside
the music of your "Good Morning" touched my heart and took
my breath away while the warmth of your smile and the glow
in your eyes embraced my soul and confronted my unwavering
pain with the possibility that I might be no longer…
All Alone in California…
"Good Morning," I answered with a smile and then shocked myself
with the brazen query, "May I walk with you?" Making eye contact
with me in a long moment of silence, you surprised me with a
calm, "I think I would enjoy that." And that very moment is when
I came to know that the loss of my wife was not a preordained
destiny for me to live….
All Alone in California
Oft-quoted is the statement that nothing is coincidental, that for
everything in life there is a purpose. In a school classroom, we are
taught a lesson and then given a test, but in the School of Life we
are given a test that teaches us a lesson. The loss of my wife was
a test that left me feeling heartbroken, depressed and…
All Alone in California
But with the transition of time since that supposed chance meeting
on the pristine sandy beach where I met my present wife, I have
come to understand that a personal trauma in life is not a test without
purpose but an explicit opportunity to learn a lesson, for you see, dear
friend, my lovely beach wife and I have been happily married now for
over fifty years, and I am never ever
All Alone in California
To Reviewer Ronald Hull: Thanks for taking the time to post a review comment. I'll bring to mind this is a short story (fiction), not an autobiographical memoir. The point of the story is to motivate those with personal traumas not to give up. As for me, I married my high school sweetheart soon after high school. We've been married 64 years, and it seems we're living happily ever after (for a while, anyway). Your comments would make a good TV soap opera. As for you and your brother: Keep fishing. Even if you don't catch anything worth keeping, it'll keep you busy.
By coincidence, shortly after trauma (not the same as yours), I was, "all alone in California." To top that off, when I did meet someone, she left me for a trip around the world and never came back. I'm not alone now for some time.
It has often been said that, "There are many fishes in the sea." My brother lost his second wife to a tragic fall two years ago. He sent me a picture of a woman he's dating last week.
I met Jerome on a busy city street in Baltimore, Maryland, when he was forty-five years old. On that particular day, I was out and about, enjoying a much-needed day off from work.
I wanted to purchase a sukiyaki sub. I parked my car in an area of
The e-book version of Sam Vaknin's "Malignant Self - Love - Narcissism Revisited". Contains the entire text: essays, frequently asked questions and
appendices regarding pathological narcissism and the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).
