The morning of New Year’s Eve 2010 I woke up super excited. I dreamt the night before I had won the lottery. I almost never played the lottery, so I bought $40 worth of tickets. The tickets were all duds. But New Year’s Eve 2010 was the day I first looked at online dating sites….
Category: LOVE
Wedding Anniversary
Tomorrow is my favorite day of the year. It is Laura’s and my wedding anniversary. Over our three years together, we sang ‘A your Adorable’ almost every night to each other, making up our own silly words for each letter of the alphabet. The more bonkers the better. Laura jumped in first with ‘Marry Me’…
The Arms of Love
I often wake in the morning now to find myself all wrapped up snuggly with my feet playing what Laura called ‘feetsies’, my arms gently wrapped around me, with hands against my cheeks and suffused with a deep soul warmth and joy. When this happens, I wonder if Laura’s spirit slipped into bed during the…
Past Lives
On Friday I did a past life regression. I was curious if I would meet Laura again in a previous life. Beforehand my mind was full of Hollywood scenarios – what if we were Navajo Indians roaming the South West (as I die from a poisoned arrow, Laura comforts me in her arms); or concubines…
kiss…kiss…kiss
We were shame proof in our love. Here happily snogging in the lobby of the Ace Hotel AND trying to take a selfie. A bemused young tourist offered to take pictures for us, so we handed him the camera and continued …
Play, Play, Play
‘Oh little playmate won’t you come out and play. Let’s play, play, play!” Laura would sing. One of the many endearing things about her was that she could be just as silly, playful and direct as a little kid. She would race me down the stairs in the subway or in a museum. She would…
Grandmothers
Here are our beloved maternal grandmothers. Laura’s grandma lived in the apartment below her parents in Forest Hills Queens and lavished her with the love and attention she felt she was missing at home. Laura wrote: ‘I took after my grandmother and liked art. She bought me my first camera a Minolta SLR101 that…
Bath Time
My little mermaid, Laura
The Hours
If only I could have back all the hours that Laura and I spent apart during our relationship; the hours we worked, the evenings apart or rare occasions when we traveled apart. My guess is all this time would amount to at least another year together. What I wouldn’t give for those hours now. Time…
To Love
Lovers from all over the globe have attached so many little padlocks to the bridges of Paris to symbolize their everlasting love that some bridges may be sagging under the weight. Some grumpy locals are petitioning to get the locks banned, but the city of love is refusing to remove them. Here’s to love!
Love
‘Love, having no geography, knows no boundaries’ – Truman Capote
Tootie + Tweets
Brooklyn Museum, Spring 2011
Soul Love Forever 