Trying to Decide Something

[Thumpalumpacus]

That's really nice. Thanks, Thump

Your OP made me think about a couple of things, and a couple of people, who hadn't been in my mind for years.

I was stationed in Spain during Desert Storm, with a B-52 bomber wing. I fell in love with a gal there, Isabela, under the oddest circumstances; I couldn't speak Spanish, and she couldn't speak English. But we could dance and drink espresso-and-brandy and read each others' eyes. I went and got a Spanish-English dictionary so's we could talk a little, and she taught me Spanish with it. We had three months together that were simply wonderful, and we talked about marriage, but both realized it wasn't really an option.

We carried on nonetheless, well aware of the fact that I would be sent back Stateside soon, and that gave our time together, our love, a richness and urgency that I've never had in any other relationship. I still wonder where she is and what's she's doing -- she was a nursing student at the Universidad de Seville.

I don't know if I could do what you're doing; I don't think I could, because I have a deep-seated distrust of looking backwards with anything more than nostalgia in mind. But if happiness is at the end of your road, then the path you've taken is true, I figure.

Thanks for the thread, it's reminded me of happier times myself.