Mark and Dawn dated for ten years. Dawn, a brunette with a sexy mouth, has a way of talking that makes you want to eat her up. And Mark did. I caught him watching her once. He stood alone by the bar with the sleeves of his denim shirt rolled up, biting his bottom lip, eyes narrowed, watching her move around the room.
Mark was killed by a drunk driver eight months after they were married.
Looking back, she knew. The Saturday before, they spent the evening in their dark living room and did nothing else but kiss for hours.
Wow. That's so sad, BG. I don't want to say "great post" because it's so depressing, but you wrote this beautifully.
Posted by: Brando | April 03, 2008 at 11:20 AM
I'll second that.
Posted by: Jennifer | April 03, 2008 at 12:33 PM
Thanks, guys. Mark needs to be remembered. He was a cool guy. And they were a special couple.
Weird thing. I woke up this morning thinking about Dawn and him. And emailed her to make sure it was ok for me to write this post. She said sure, and after she read it, emailed me to say how weird she thought it was, because he died 17 years ago in early April. I hadn't thought of that.
We talked about how maybe the universe never forgets. Which would be a cool thing.
Posted by: blue girl | April 03, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I don't think it does forget.
Posted by: Jennifer | April 03, 2008 at 01:19 PM
I wouldn't know about the universe remembering, but the cool thing is that as long as there's someone alive who remembers a person, then that person is remembered.
Nice story, Blue.
Posted by: Dan Leo | April 03, 2008 at 03:27 PM
I want to run home right now.
Posted by: Kathleen | April 03, 2008 at 04:05 PM
I'll never forget that day/night/weekend.
What a great, great guy he was!
Dawn, BG and the other gals (you know who you are), i really miss you all and the old days...
Posted by: flemball | April 03, 2008 at 10:18 PM
Nice post.
Posted by: Mike13833 | April 03, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Heartbreaking.
Posted by: Snag | April 03, 2008 at 11:29 PM
Flem, I heard from most of you guys yesterday in one way or another. And not because of this blog either. Weird. Wonder why? And it's funny how it never seems any different.
Dan Leo? Universe? Hmmm.
Posted by: blue girl | April 04, 2008 at 07:34 AM
Y'know, one really nice thing is that just by putting up this little story you've helped keep a memory of a life alive, helped keep a lifetime alive.
Posted by: Dan Leo | April 04, 2008 at 09:22 AM