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The
older you get the less friends you have.
Death is normal for life, but losing friends and family is never easy. At times in life there is a mystery, you may
not know much about about the lives of some early friends. You hear they moved
to other states. You heard of divorce
you heard of the death, BUT you wonder how their lives were.
The couple, Dale and Hazel Hartness, were instrumental in Sherry & I
getting together, moved away. He took a
position as manager of a Book store in Florida.
I joined the military. Later they had moved to Ohio then maybe another
state they suffered a divorce in another state. WE could not believe that as in
love as they were, that could happen. Both stayed away from our hometown seldom coming
back and never moving back.
Dale and Hazel in 1956, the year we got married.
My dad had a friend early in life, before I was born. They were close dad always gave Joe Franklin
much credit in helping him organize and build his first church which was and
still is a very successful church. I
never met Joe Franklin but heard his name all my life. In the 50s, I did finally meet Bobby Franklin, Joe’s
youngest son methinks. Bobby married
Violet, we remember them well and were friends.
But over the years we moved and saw them occasionally. Lately we have reconnected. We have had
dinner together twice this week, we have spent hours catching up.
And
that is when it happened….. I received a gem of knowledge. Bobby and Violet were
across the table and Violet told us how the end was. Dale was suffering from cancer, he nor Hazel
had a mate. As you know, there was little that could be done to treat cancer years ago. Hazel took Dale into her home supplied a hospital bed and took care of him until he passed.
It sounded like the Love they had was back in the end. I hated losing
Dale of course, but knowing that the couple we cared so much for, had come full
circle and were back together in the end.
It really made my heart sing.
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2 comments:
Same thing happened with Ken's parents!!
His mom took care of his dad when he was dying.
They had been apart for quite a few years.
In fact his mom was married to my father for a while. :)
What a bittersweet conclusion! So much better than a Hallmark movie. I'm so glad y'all were able to tie up those loose ends.
'Wishing you a wonderfully blessed Thanksgiving!
PS - That's an adorable picture of JJ 'driving'!
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