Just once more?

“I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought
That I’d see you
One more time
Again…”

“One day, one time,
will be the last time,
you will pick up and hold your child…”

“You can never go ‘Home’.”

The other day, I had a realization.
We’ve lived in the Big Blue Beast for almost 1/5 of our marriage. Almost 8 years out of almost 41.

Lots of life has happened in the last eight years. The birth of two grandchildren, two marriages and one divorce. My parents going from independent living to passing.

I’m stoic, so I take it all in stride.
I have one, strange life fear, I can’t conquer.
I don’t fear death.
I fear the desperate loneliness if my wife were to die first.
You may say
“Well that’s selfish.”
Yes it is, but if it’s any consolation, she would not fare better than I.
Someday will be the last; kiss, touch, hand hold, and look of love in her eyes.
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“Hakuna Matata!”

I found this from my Safari, I thought it humerous.:-

26 August 2023; Dateline Zambezi Delta, Mozambique -
Disney fans everywhere are in mourning at the passing of popular animal actor, Perceval D. Warthog III (6 July 1967-26 August 2023), more commonly known as ‘Pumba’ from the Disney classic ‘The Lion King’.
Percy came from a distinguished warthog acting family. His first role as a hoglet was with his Grandhog Percy I in the 1960s series ‘Tarzan’ with Ron Ely. He was then a regular in the Chuck Conners TV show ‘A Cowboy in Africa’.
After Percy’s meteoric rise to fame in ‘The Lion King’, he was known to have substance abuse issues.
He was a regular compatriot of actor Charlie Sheen in the early 2000s LA nightclub scene, where his popular song ‘Hakuna Matata’ made him a hit with the California ‘sows’.
He was even rumored to have been a regular at Hunter Biden’s parties, but when his ‘Lion King’ money was depleted, he fell on hard times.
Friends say he went home to Mozambique to clean up his act ...