Sleeping With Your Guitar

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      She used to write me notes, then hide them in various places like time bombs or land mines that I would find maybe years later.  The one main passion that we shared was music.  We were together for about six years.  She died of cancer eleven years ago. A few weeks ago, I pulled a book off the shelf, and one of her notes exploded into my hand. It said, “You can be sure that I am missing you at this very moment… wherever you are.” 

Relationships can sometimes feel like you are climbing Mount Everest together.  When you get close to reaching the top, you might have to decide to turn back because of weather or fatigue. This can be a life-or-death moment.   When you attempt to climb Mount Everest in real life, it’s probably not a good idea to bring your girlfriend with you.  

When you find your soulmate, everything you experience is familiar.  All the lives you may have lived, time spent together in some ethereal realm, every first time has a familiar feeling to it.  It is as though you are living it again for the first time. So they say…

There’s a reason that she’s lonely. You might find out too late that she is also truly dangerous.

We all know that we aren’t taking care of the earth.  The environmental obstacles are so daunting that it’s easy to just stand by and watch it all crumble.  And it’s not easy to even know what to do.  As my mom used to say, and I think that our future descendants would also, “Do Something…even if it’s wrong!” 

When it gets to this point, you know it’s time to go.

The sense of touch… your hair…your scent reaching me on a gentle breeze…the sense of sight as you look into my soul… And all the other girls I have ever known in my life… they’ve got nothing on you. 

For everyone who has lost their mother, know that in your darkest hours, she is with you.

Now aware of my light, I see where my shadow dies.  Just when you start to figure things out, your time is up too soon.  

As he dies, his life flashes before his eyes. Was she his downfall? Or was it just that his life was too mundane to matter anymore? He watches while floating above. But this is no near- death experience.