Day 69 ~ Romantic

What if it were true? That things happen for a reason, that everything is interconnected, and that there is a path for everyone of us that ultimately leads to happiness. I was lying down tonight by my boyfriend's side, having his head rest on my left shoulder. He reached for his guitar, placed it almost perpendicularly to our bodies, and started playing and singing, despite the awkward position. I sang along. Then he chose a love song and I just listened. "Do you love me?" I asked. He nodded as he continued singing. I felt a burst of emotions emerge and blur my vision. Happiness and loss swallowed in the same tears. My husband's last hobby was guitar, but he could only practice it for four months before he died. His love was reaching me through my boyfriend, who discovered the same hobby two years after my husband died. He completed the job, the lessons, the training... the labor of love. I don't know it is true, but it certainly is romantic.