I’M 80 AND NEVER MARRIED AFTER MY FIRST LOVE VANISHED IN VIETNAM – LAST WEEK, A STRANGER WHO LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE HIM HANDED ME A BLUE BOX

“I keep losing people,” he said. “In my mind and for real.”

During another visit, I was reading aloud when he interrupted.

“That fellow talks too much.”

I smiled and closed the book.

“You talked all night once.”

“Did I?”

“Under a willow tree, Benjamin.”

“You were.”

“Did it work?”

“For over 60 years.”

He smiled.

Later, Edward caught up with me in the hallway.

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