You take those two words, put them together and you have what this writer was lucky to experience. Funny, or perhaps not so funny, how so many of us never can feel the emotion of being that close to another. It is , from the dawn of civilization, simply labeled as LOVE. Isn’t that what a Sweetheart is, someone who you place into your own heart’s lockbox? How fortunate was I and am I to have this precious angel floating around my memory forever.
You may go more than half your entire life and never find such a person, no matter how much you look. How hard you wish and hope that a ‘ Sweet Heart’ connects with you. Through all the discos and singles bars and festivals, and nothing, Nada. Well, I may not be so lucky in cards and games of chance or investments, but I found my Sweetheart, and it was through a personal ad of all things. Can you imagine that? Running a black and white paragraph in some newspaper seeking someone to dance that mystical dance with you.. and lo and behold there she appeared.
Thirty four years later, through all the travails and joys, disagreements and shows of affection, she has to go away. Karma called for the two of you and she got the short end of the matchstick. Just like that, within less than one year of such pain and trauma, she has to exit this dream. You sat there with her as she breathed her last breaths, holding her ice cold hand as you kissed it while looking into her tired eyes. Then, gone, your Sweetheart with that Sweet Heart she carried for all those years.
And you just know she is still out there, watching over you and her daughter, sister and those kittens she loved along with the neighborhood puppies she adored so much. A real Sweetheart!!
PA Farruggio
June 2026