Modern Day Woman ... Old Time Man (part three of a true love story)

The Beginning: Click here for Part One of this story.

Fall was here. In full swing. The farm was beautiful, and harvest was over. The cows dotted the pasture in the cool sunshine on the other side of the barn. The leaves on the trees had changed colors and the wind gently blew them to the ground. The yard was knee deep in a colorful rainbow of leaves. They swirled gently around her head, and fell like rain. They were endless. She watched the sun glint off of the ring he had given her as she raked the leaves. She was happy.

He loved Fall. It was his favorite time of year. The wind gusted and blew the leaves that he was raking towards an open field. He looked towards her. He couldn't believe that he had her in his life. This was everything he had ever wanted, and more. He continued to rake the leaves that were pouring down on him, wanting this chore to end, and wanting her.

She looked towards him. He smiled. She threw down the rake and left it lie on the pile as she watched him gather up an arm full of leaves. Then she ran, until he caught her and pulled her down into the leaves. In the quiet of the country, with only the sound of the leaves beneath them, they laid there and planned their future.

Then, like an early November day, a sudden burst of wind, with a chill, that cut like a knife blew in. The piles of leaves that they had raked suddenly blew away. All the leaves in the yard skirted through the trees, past the barn, and out into the fields. Like kids, they ran towards the house holding hands.

(November 8, 2001)

Dear Tan,

Today was a very happy day for me, as is every day with you, I only like pictures of me when my best friend is in them with me. It seems that we talk to each other all the time and can communicate with each other even when we're not. For everything you thank me for ... I thank you for the same things, especially for being here with me.

I love you,
Von

The air got colder and Thanksgiving was getting closer. This would be their first together, and this would be the first of many more to come.


(November 15, 2001)

Dear Von,

I am still in shock. Even though I know we just found out that we're pregnant, I already love this baby. Even though I really can't feel it yet, just knowing it's our baby feels so good. I want so much for everything to be okay .... just like us, maybe it's meant to be.

I love you so much, and having a part of you growing inside of me, is so wonderful.

Love,
Tan

She couldn't believe that this was happening. She was really going to have another baby. She was forty-four years old, divorced with four grown kids, and was going to have a baby.

He was happy. It didn't matter their age. This was what he wanted. He'd waited all his life, and it had never happened. He wanted to become a Father now. He wanted to raise a child on this farm, with her. The seed of hope was now planted. Planted inside of her and growing, and he loved this child, and her.


(November 20, 2001)

Dear Tan,

I was wondering if maybe you might could marry me today. Let me know as soon as possible.

I love you,
Von


He came in from milking the cows early that morning. He knew that she would still be asleep. He quietly walked into the bedroom, then stopped. She sat there, in the middle of the bed, holding that old hard-backed journal, that meant the world to her.

She heard him walk into the room. She watched his face, because she knew, that he knew she had read the letter he'd written that morning before he left. Without saying a word, she handed the book to him, and watched his hands as he unsnapped it, and opened it to the page where had asked her to marry him.

(November 20, 2001)

Dear Von,

Today I would love to marry my best friend!

Love,
Tan

They had told no one about the baby, and they told no one that they were getting married. Six months had gone by since they had met, and they knew that this was love, and they were meant to be together. Today they would get married, then they would come home and call their families.

Mid morning they drove into the city, to a jewelry shop and bought his ring. Then they drove on to Kentucky to get married.

In the early afternoon, in a small room in the courthouse, they were married. The judge that married them loved weddings. He was creative ... and he was funny. He wrote his own vows and chose the ones he would use carefully, as if they had special meaning, just for them. Little did he know, they did.


(November 23, 2001)

Dear Tan,

I know this is a hard time for you. It is for me as well. Our little one wasn't meant to be. But we are, and we'll try again. I pray that God will bless our friendship, our love and keep us in his care.

I'll always love you,
Von


In the short time that she had known him, he was always a strong person. Quiet and reserved, except with her. That day she saw him cry. His heart was just as broken as hers. They lost the baby that they so badly wanted. But the seed of desire had been planted, and they would try again.

... as always, be blessed,



A new story is Here. 'His Country Dream' ... a continuation of this love story! After three more devastating losses, he becomes a Father .... and he finds out that 'all good things come in three's!'

The short story, 'Shattered Dreams' tells of heartbreak and the loss they endured.