by Elsie Duggan

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November 8, 2006

Love Note (100 word Drabble)

February 09, 2008 02:24 AM EST (Updated: February 09, 2008 02:11 PM EST)

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I'm cleaning my closets

for my upcoming move

treasures I'm finding

and love they all prove

for in a closet

all covered with dust

is an old typewriter

a half written letter,

read it I must

It simply says darling

when you find this someday

it will mean I have left

but I wanted to stay

I have always loved you

and forever will

Take care of yourself

See you later, Bill

At the bottom tear stained

there is one other line

If you don't find this

you have gone on before

we'll meet again

Of this I am sure

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Comments: 53

Bhawana 'Gather Proud Mom' Feb 9, 2008, 2:28am EST

This is the best letter Elsie ...Now I feel that we have met Bill as you have told so many beautiful things about him. Til the last lines my heart was weeping.

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Elsie Duggan Feb 9, 2008, 2:29am EST

My mind is stuck on this subject,

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Jan S. Feb 9, 2008, 2:37am EST

This is beautiful. How can your mind not be stuck on your soul mate? We don't stop loving someone just because we can't see him.

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Rick *Don Rico* J. Feb 9, 2008, 2:44am EST

Wow! This is something else!

Thanks...

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Cristina S. Feb 9, 2008, 2:59am EST

Elsie,
being stuck there hurts - and makes for great poetry!
Thank you!

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Wanda H. Feb 9, 2008, 3:05am EST

Elsie, there must be something about men named Bill. My Bill is my soul mate, something I never believed in until I met him. Your Bill sounds as if he was indeed a wonderful man, how lucky you are to have found him. I know he sees you and loves you still. And indeed, you will meet again. Bless you. namaste

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Jule's dreamin of a wonderfilled life for all research mode again Feb 9, 2008, 3:14am EST

greatie you are good at this!!

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sheila h. Feb 9, 2008, 3:37am EST

Beautiful..you did a nice turn on this drabble,Elsie..
you say you're 'stuck' on this..it is for a reason .Stay stuck till you unstick..then it'll be time to move
be good to Elsie!

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Kathryn E. Feb 9, 2008, 3:49am EST

very charming, hon. I really believe that cleaning and finding old memories is REALLY good for the soul; TIRING - emtionally and physically but really GOOD for the soul.

Your poem is a Feature in the Triple Name Club.

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wiaka's just ... curious Feb 9, 2008, 3:59am EST

Bill sure did LOVE you very much. It's no wonder that you miss him so. Everything you have written shows the most wonderful love youhave for each other.

This move unveils so much for you that was locked up in your memories; it must be very emotional to find this letter, Iknow I have tears in my eyes.

Know that we are here for you . . . bunches of ((((HUGS))))

Blessings

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Mother Toad (Gail, Love the Spring, season and step Feb 9, 2008, 4:39am EST

This blew me away. To have a love like that is so uncommon today.

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TK Rosevear Feb 9, 2008, 5:18am EST

I love where your mind gets stuck Elsie, it's inspiring, gives me hope and always makes me smile or cry - whichever I need at the time ;)

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Rob Appell Feb 9, 2008, 6:45am EST

Despite the hurt of missing Bill, finding this letter must have flooded your heart and mind with all that love coming back to you at once. How much he loves you even sending you messages from beyond while he sits waiting for you both to be together again. Now tell me your man isn't still watching out over you...and ready to move wherever you go because he can't bear to be without his one true love.

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Danielle P. Feb 9, 2008, 7:10am EST

This is so beautiful. He loves you very much even from afar.

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sharon SugarMomma is a wise woman, Feb 9, 2008, 8:03am EST

Elsie - I can see why he loves you.

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William Dotani Feb 9, 2008, 9:29am EST

A beautiful heart warming love letter than reads like a poem.

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Cheryl W. Feb 9, 2008, 11:39am EST

Elsie...this is so beautiful. Very very touching.

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vijay kumar Feb 9, 2008, 11:54am EST

An excellent poem, Elsie. Very moving.
'it will mean I have left
but I wanted to stay'... How can you express it better?

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Ruthe M. Feb 9, 2008, 12:50pm EST

Oh, Elsie, this is so heartwarmingly (if that's a word :0) beautiful! It rendered so much emotion with the fewest words. Brava!

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Mary McCartt Feb 9, 2008, 1:42pm EST

I love this, Elsie. You are so lucky to have been so loved.

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Sue B.© The Sting IS Worse Than the Buzz Feb 9, 2008, 2:49pm EST

Wow, Elsie! You must have just cried an ocean when you read that!

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Nancy 67 Feb 9, 2008, 2:59pm EST

Oh, Elsie, this really touched me and made me want to cry. I know you will see your Bill again...Lord bless you.

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Marge H. Feb 9, 2008, 3:56pm EST

Made me tear up. So beautiful.

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Sue B.© The Sting IS Worse Than the Buzz Feb 9, 2008, 4:14pm EST

So Elsie, I'm not sure whether you wrote this thinking of what Bill might have written for you, or if he wrote it and you really found it.

Even if it's the former, it still must have made you cry an ocean.

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Heather W. Feb 9, 2008, 4:22pm EST

This is so beautiful. It's wonderful you had such a great husband.

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Sue M. Feb 9, 2008, 5:54pm EST

Oh, how beautiful, Elsie! Bill must have been one wonderful sweet man!!

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lynn a. Feb 9, 2008, 6:17pm EST

That's the kind of letter to find. Either way you have the hope of the future. I like this one a lot, Elsie. A whole lot. Now I'm going to tell my husband I'd like him to write me a love letter for just in case he dies before me. He'll look at me strangely, but I bet I get that letter. LOL.

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lynn a. Feb 9, 2008, 6:18pm EST

And I will tell him it was because Elsie got one. And it is a good idea. And I'll write one for him too.

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Corina Carrasco Feb 9, 2008, 6:53pm EST

What a perfect letter for you to find now, when you are going through all that was yours together. He's still with you and you with him.

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Larry H. Feb 9, 2008, 7:16pm EST

Wonderful letter, thanks for sharing

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Peter Joseph Swanson Feb 9, 2008, 7:53pm EST

I HATE moving !!!

ha ha

(people have a lot of stuff - huh?)

Oh, and the poem - charming. The first part of moving can be like excavating.

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Kenna C. Feb 9, 2008, 9:20pm EST

Simply beautiful, Elsie.

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Alison Pearce Feb 9, 2008, 10:32pm EST

That is so touching Elsie.

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Cathy N. Feb 9, 2008, 11:05pm EST

Oh Elise, this is magnificent.

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Amanda C. Feb 10, 2008, 1:30am EST

Oh, Elsie my heart is aching

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Lawrence U. Feb 10, 2008, 4:39am EST

Lovely poem from the heart! Thank you, Elsie.

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Fred Hose Feb 10, 2008, 1:49pm EST

Hi Elsie
What a moment that must have been when you found that letter. I'm sure that the world stood still for a moment.
Through you we know that Bill was a wonderful man and we know that your re-union with him will be a time when Heavan rejoices.

I agree fully with what Bhawana wrote. I too wiped away a tear.

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~~ Sarina ~~ Feb 10, 2008, 4:39pm EST

Elsie, this was such a beautiful poem. It tugged at my heart. Big huggers to you.

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Jo C. Feb 10, 2008, 4:55pm EST

I hope to so resilient someday. I found this to be very touching.

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William Dotani Feb 10, 2008, 4:58pm EST

Better to have your mind stuck on this subject than to have your care stuck in the disgusting 4-letter word white stuff, which is much much worse than drandruff.

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Wilma M. Feb 10, 2008, 11:14pm EST

What a lovely letter! You and Bill shared a wonderful love. I hadn't really thought about it before but my dad was a Bill (though he usually went by Will) and he and my mom shared a similar love.

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Paula Love Feb 11, 2008, 12:43am EST

gulp!!!!!!! wipes aways tears!

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Lynn R. Feb 11, 2008, 11:20am EST

Okay you have me sobbing. This was beautifully written. I can tell you had (have) a deep, deep love for Bill and without a doubt his love for you was as deep. Few can relate to that kind of love.

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Anita R. Feb 11, 2008, 7:41pm EST

How very beautiful and touching!

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Sheila Deeth Feb 11, 2008, 9:02pm EST

Wow! Just wow. Beautiful, Elsie.

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Alison H. Feb 12, 2008, 12:44am EST

Wow, that is amazing, Elsie!

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Alison H. Feb 12, 2008, 12:46am EST

So romantic....and gives us all a smile and a tear.

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Sensational Sadie Sexy Senior Sitizen Feb 13, 2008, 9:59am EST

This brought a tear to my eye. My parents had this kind of love and marriage. My father passed away just before their 65th anniversary. When my mother passed 8 years later it was just days before their 73rd anniversary. I knew they were happy to be spending it together.

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