They parted ways when he enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in the Philippines.
They both went on with their lives, married, had kids, and divorced their spouses.
Shortly after they married, they bought a small ranch house near the Foxboro line in Sharon.
She called me to give her a quote on a basement bathroom.
I gave them several options for building the bathroom.
None of us standing at the counter could believe it.
By the time I got there, I knew I couldn’t work.
I knocked on the door to speak with the husband, who was the only one home.
He was just as overwhelmed as I was and invited me in.
We spent the entire morning watching and talking about our loyalty to our country.
He shared stories about the experiences he had while in the Navy.
It was a dismal time and as my family wept, so did our great nation.
Sadly, the secure feeling we once had as Americans, was gone forever…
I never removed them.
He had successfully performed a very complicated surgery on my son when he was an infant.
During our next visit toChildren’s Hospital, he needed the assistance of his nurse.
He looked and sounded very different.
