My Art In 1999

In 1999 I was 45 years old and the most important person in my life was met.

I had been out of any romantic relationship for five years and I was ready to meet someone.

My mom and dad had just left from their visit to Key West and I was feeling good. One day I was reading the local free newspaper and in the personal ads I saw an ad which contained the phrase, "I've found my peace.". This was meaningful to me at this time and so I called the number and left a long message. The girl called me back and left another message. After a couple of phone tag messages left we finally connected. During our conversation we sensed that we had met before. It was true. Not in another lifetime but in the previous year in September, there is an event in Key West called Women's Week. My friend Mary had arranged for us to meet at "Diva's" - a local gay bar. During this meeting we hit it off great but failed to exchange phone numbers or whatever. It apparently wasn't our time to meet. so six months later I guess it was our time to meet. so we made a date to meet at the Rooftop Cafe in downtown Key West. We had dinner. We've been together ever since. That was over ten years ago.

She is my S.O. My partner. My main squeeze. Linda. She's the nicest person I know and she treats me better than anyone ever has. She's the love of my life. The person I waited 45 years to meet.