I take a seat on the couch and look at the framed picture of us in Paris. Our favorite city. The two of us sitting along the Seine with the same bottle of wine. Our two year anniversary.

I hear him call out to me, asking if I’m there. I answer him, letting him know I am here. He tells me he will be downstairs in a minute; that he has made dinner reservations for us at 8:00.

I stand up and walk to the mantel and see the encased baseball I gave him that was signed by Keith Hernandez along with the Sharpie marker that Keith used to sign it. I will never forget the childish grin on his face when I presented it to him. Still makes me smile to this day.

I sneeze then look around the room for a tissue. I can’t find one so I step into his small office. There is a box Kleenex on the desk. Next to the box of Kleenex is a small gift bag. The color, Tiffany blue. I silently take a peek inside and see the ring box.





(c) 2014 Brenda Thornlow

Brenda Thornlow is also the author of the new fiction series My Life as I Knew It and the short story, The Revolving Door. Available at Amazon. (Link below)