3 Years after D-Day, part 2. Separated 9 Months.

[Am I Too Late]

GGot this e-mail this morning from W.



Hi Ed Well apparently my phone has had it now. Trying to see if anyone i know has one i can use for now. Cant afford new one right now. I will check my email when I can and phone seems to work once in a while so you can try to text if needed. I will be working all day and trying to get late run tonight too so may not get to email til evening. I did not hear from you about Sat so I am assuming he will be at karate. If you guys have something going on where I can not get into house, then can you please look in the garage against wall with all the boxes, in about the middle, should be on top or close to top. Small box of xmas stuff. Mostly like ordaments from when I was a kid and stuff. Please. I am not handling upcoming holidays well. I need to try to cheer it up a little bit. Hopofe you guys had a great week and day today. I will see you tomorrow. Please please bring that box.

Thanks

Wifes Name



So, i called her to let her know we would be at karate tomorrow.

She said she is sad thinking about both of her parents who have passed away. Mom, 2-7-2009 and dad recently on 4-28-2012.

Also, she is thinking about how she misses our S-9.

I just let her know i would look for her box of childhood ornaments. She didn't say anything about missing me, so i felt any significant expressions of sympathy would be unwanted from me and push her away. She was only on the phone for a short time and was in a hurry to leave to get to work.

She also did not mention anything about hanging out at my house when we talked. I
Noticed in her e-mail that she specifically referred to it as My House.

Also, she is considering looking for another job. She has been a school bus driver for 11 years now and the hours are harder to get she says.

I resisted allowing myself to feel like she needed any comfort from me. Old habits and feelings are tough to let go of but i think i did better today than usual. I wanted yo get her questions resolved early so i didn't dwell on them all day.

Today i am supposed to get my car fixed and have to run around to pay bills ahead of time.

I used to be the person who could make her feel better, but that's not the way things are currently.

My son was talking about how he wanted to visit with his mom soon, before Christmas and i didn't bring her up, so he has her on his mind too. I just told him that sounds like a good idea. Poor little boy. I know he really misses her, even though he doesn't say so very often.

Ed