Wednesday, May 02, 2007

my neighbors

I was driving down my street the other morning headed to work. I get about 1/2 way down the street and I note 2 of my neighbors, both women, 1 in her late 50's, the other in her mid60's, one lives on my side of the street, the other lives on the other side..........so i'm driving down the street and there they stand in the middle of the street, embracing each other and lost in a deep, kiss. Both of them were still dressed in their pajamas. I felt like I was intruding on a private moment. I considered pulling the map out of my glove box, opening the map, holding the map up and in front of my face and pretending I was busy reading the map and way too busy to notice what was happening between the 2 of them......but I didn't. They finished their kiss, turned away from each other and both headed to their respective houses.
I felt sorry for them. I couldn't help but wonder if they've had to hide their relationship for a good part of their time together...............and I wondered if they purposely bought houses across the streeet from each other? Did they start dating when they were young women?Have they had to live a lie most of their lives? Were they ostracized from another neighborhood and then move here? Do they spend the night at each others house everynight and then sneak home in the early hours?
I always kinda figured that the 50 something lady was an x nun who tended to her garden and avoided other people..................and I guessed the 60 something woman to be a widow living out the later part of her life in the home where she'd raised her kids. Ha! ....... I'm glad they have each other.

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