I direct you to the final sentimental line of Whittier’s Maud Muller:
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
Yet those words are only part of the truth, which was tidily summarized by Bret Harte in his Mrs. Judge Jenkins, Maud Muller’s married name if a different wind blew and another road was taken:
Wow! Love your comment. Maud Muller was a favorite of my dad's, who read it aloud to me and my sister countless times back in the olden golden days of my childhood. Thanks for the memories...
oh my god, I met the two cutest mormon girls while I was canvassing for a political candidate. We both had maps of the apartment complex and kept crossing paths and so then we stopped and talked and they didn't want to say what they were canvassing for. (I thought they might be for a rival politician, it was political season after all.). But I think I figured it out and then the three of us stood there, chatting in the parking lot. Me falling in love with them. Them falling in love with me. And then they left and everyone lived happily ever after.
Had my favorite JW's. But then the congregation grew and the territory lines were redrawn to accommodate the increase in Witnesses. I was assigned different people. We didn't have anything in common. They were more intent on their message rather than a connection. It was no longer fun for me
Ahhh - My heart goes out to you - I've been there many times - I once wrote a piece I called Moments Lost -
I always have a chat with the JW’s, sit outside on the front steps, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh.
A perfect ode to those we really never knew but will never forget
Amen, I know that feeling
Sherman, I love how you captured the moment that did not quite happen. I remember a few of those.
Oh my God, I love this. Those "what might have been moments" are lovely. Thank you.
> her scent was savior and roses
<chef’s kiss>
Love is what makes the world go round.
This is great!
Ok. Sherman, I just love how you express your thoughts and feelings in writing!! Perfectly you!
I direct you to the final sentimental line of Whittier’s Maud Muller:
"For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
Yet those words are only part of the truth, which was tidily summarized by Bret Harte in his Mrs. Judge Jenkins, Maud Muller’s married name if a different wind blew and another road was taken:
If, of all words of tongue and pen,
The saddest are, "It might have been,"
More sad are these we daily see:
"It is, but hadn't ought to be."
Wow! Love your comment. Maud Muller was a favorite of my dad's, who read it aloud to me and my sister countless times back in the olden golden days of my childhood. Thanks for the memories...
Wow!
The possibilities!
If only I had answered the door.
Sorry Sherm. I couldn't help sharing my own JW story.
oh my god, I met the two cutest mormon girls while I was canvassing for a political candidate. We both had maps of the apartment complex and kept crossing paths and so then we stopped and talked and they didn't want to say what they were canvassing for. (I thought they might be for a rival politician, it was political season after all.). But I think I figured it out and then the three of us stood there, chatting in the parking lot. Me falling in love with them. Them falling in love with me. And then they left and everyone lived happily ever after.
A great "almost' love story!
Had my favorite JW's. But then the congregation grew and the territory lines were redrawn to accommodate the increase in Witnesses. I was assigned different people. We didn't have anything in common. They were more intent on their message rather than a connection. It was no longer fun for me
Blazing with brilliance. What a poem.