Strange thoughts
have been running through my head these past few days. I’ve been thinking of a man I’ve not even
met. Although I know he exists because I have seen him - twice.
It all started in the
summer at a big Christian conference called New Wine, in a seminar about
bereavement.
Now there was a bit
of a standing joke between me and my friends that I would be attending the
seminars on “bereavement” and “being a single parent” with my eyes WIDE open
looking for an unattached man. I’m not
really so predatory but having had my marriage snatched unexpectedly away I
know that I want to one day be part of a couple again. It seemed a good place to start looking.
So there’s this man
that caught my eye. It’s a cliché but
yes, tall, dark and handsome. He sat a
few rows in front of me to my left and my eyes naturally wandered in his
direction - quite often.
I have good eyesight
and spotted he had a wedding ring on so maybe he is married but then I still
wear my ring too. It is complete
conjecture that he was at the seminar because he had lost his wife. In lots of ways I hope he is still happily
married, the pain of losing a loved one is so great I wouldn’t wish it on
anyone.
When the seminar
ended he disappeared but I saw him once more the same day.
I was walking in one
direction with the boys as he walked the other, with a young girl who I assume
was his daughter. Both of us happily chatting to
our kids but as our paths crossed our eyes did meet for the briefest of moments
almost registering some sort of connection.
Then I never saw him
again and maybe I never will.
But wherever you are
and whoever you may be I pray that you have the most wonderful of Christmases
and are surrounded with love and happy memories, especially if you are alone.
Perhaps one day we
will meet up for real and not just in my daydreams.
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