At 77, I sold all my possessions to buy a ticket to see the love of my life, but something unexpected happened on the plane 😢😢
I sold everything I had. An old car, a chair, records. Even a watch – the very one I was given for retirement. All for one ticket. One way.
I found my ex-girlfriend, with whom we broke up in our youth and stupidity and had not seen each other for almost 50 years. But I always loved only her and always thought about her. I thought she had forgotten me. It turned out – she had not forgotten, although she married another man and gave birth to a son.
Now I had the address of my beloved woman. Her son answered the letter – he said that she remembered everything.
The plane took off, I hugged the photo to my chest. In it, we are laughing, still young, on the river bank. I am holding her hand. The photo was old and faded, but I knew every curve of her smile by heart. After our last meeting, I never saw her again and didn’t even know what she looked like now.
At altitude, when the plane entered the clouds, the phone vibrated. I was in no hurry to look. My heart was already beating too hard. But I opened it. And then my whole world collapsed, now I don’t know how to live on. Continued 👇👇
At 77, I sold all my possessions to buy a ticket to see the love of my life, but something unexpected happened on the plane
“Sorry… Mom died last night. She was waiting. She was really waiting for you.”
I didn’t feel pain. Just… devastation. As if everything inside suddenly went silent. The world went dark. I don’t remember how my head fell back. I only heard screams, footsteps, someone saying something, holding my hand.
At 77, I sold all my possessions to buy a ticket to see the love of my life, but something unexpected happened on the plane
I woke up later. On the ground. Unfamiliar faces all around. Someone gave me water. Someone asked how I was. I nodded. There was nothing to say. Just one thing:
— “I’ll get there anyway. I promised.”
And I got there. I bought a bouquet — modest, wildflowers. I arrived at the cemetery. I found a slab with her name on it. I sat down next to her. I put a photo on it. And a ticket.
— “Sorry. I’m late.”
Then I just sat. I listened to the wind. And the silence. She’s here. I knew it.
At 77, I sold all my possessions to buy a ticket to see the love of my life, but something unexpected happened on the plane
That’s how it always seems to us that we still have time, that we can still hug, kiss, and without understanding, we part for stupid reasons, and then it’s too late. I was never able to see my beloved, although I waited for our meeting almost my whole life.
