Honeymoon

by | Aug 8, 2010 | 0 comments


So, I had to download some videos and photos on your iphone to your computer because mine just doesn’t have enough memory. While I was on your computer just now I noticed 2 things:

First, you had an empty folder under albums entitled “Europe.” I remember you’d just moved all of your photos to your hard drive before you left, but you must have left or created that one for the photos you would take in Europe. I will put them in there for you Dan- don’t worry.
Second, I found a folder entitled “Projects” and under it “Honeymoon.” And there was a card that you were making. It must have been for our anniversary. You had put three photos from our honeymoon together for the front of the card. The photos were really lo-res because we had a horrible camera back then and could only take like 15 pictures or something. I was always disappointed we didn’t have any great ones from our honeymoon- but these are enough for me. I am touched that you were making me this card- and I wonder what you were planning to write inside. Even though I know you and can guess- I’m sure it would’ve been different- because you are so “other” than me as C.S. Lewis wrote after his wife died. That is what’s missing from every memory- and every future thing I try to conjure up- the unpredictable quality of another human being.
I want to say thank you for the card.

JAC

August 8, 2010
v

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like…

December 17, 2014- A New Blog

It has been almost a year and a half since I last wrote on this blog.  In my mind, this blog was complete.  And yet, there was a lack of finality to it.  Grief has no finality, though it does have evolution and change, while this blog does have finality simply because...

Speed of Light

On the eve of your death I am watching town fireworks the day after the fourth of July. I am overwhelmed by the crowd of families around us on blankets with glo-sticks and cotton candy as we wait for darkness in the still, hot, summer air.  There is a Korean...

Father’s Day 2013

Father’s Day 2013

This is the third time.  It is brutal.I haven't felt it helpful or complex enough to say, "It's not fair; it's just not fair," in the past three years.  But on this day, I think those words a lot. Unless your young child has lost a parent, you cannot imagine...