my first love was Darryl

PUBLISHED 30 October 2009 16:24

I felt something the first time our eyes met. You see we knew each other from around the way, my brother was dating his sister. He was 16 and fine!! Everytime we saw each other there were sparks. When we started talking everything happened so fast. We were so young & kept breaking up and getting back together in the summer of 1976. He decided to join the military because there were not a lot of opportunities for a high school dropout . We wrote to each other constantly while he was overseas, talked about our future together and how much we loved each other. And I waited. Three years pass and Darryl returns and not even 30 days pass when he becomes distant. I tried talking to him to see what the problem could be, but he just turned cold. After 9 months of trying in vain, I left New York. I’ve never lived there again. Couldn’t stand to see him and not be with him. I called him a couple of times right after I left & we had good conversations. I told him I was actually nervous to call him, afraid he wouldn’t want to talk to me. He told me he would always talk to me. He was not happy I left without saying goodbye to him though. The phone calls slowly stopped and I went on with my life. I’ve gotten married to a WONDERFUL man, had a couple of kids, a great life. I still dream about him. I STILL LOVE HIM. In a letter once he wrote, “We will always be together. If you ever left me, I would come & get you and bring you back home.” Its been 29 years and I’m still waiting……