Thanks for your lovely comment, @agmoore. Seamus really was special. We drifted apart. It's hard to explain, but I had to leave him behind. He had a bit of an issue with alcohol, and I loved him so much that I couldn't watch him destroy himself. I miss him to this day. Funny how some people stick with us over the years and the miles.

The boxes of letters are both a treasure and a burden. I'm not quite sure how I feel about them. Maybe it's best to shed these things. It would certainly ease the burden from our children when they have to deal with all the detritus of our lives! That said, a part of me now wants to use them as fodder for short stories. I had fun with the character sketches.