The date is Wednesday, August 12, 2009. It will be three years Friday since my wife of over 31 years Katie passed away. I still think and talk of her many times a day. And I work her name and antics she did into casual conversation all the time.
   But there has been an incredible thing that has happened to my life. I met the perfect woman for me in Phase 2 of my life!

My story continues. . .

  For the past two years I tried half-assed to find a female that I could like. Perhaps even love in time. I wrote of all the likes and dislike I preferred in a female. And I wrote a Profile about myself in plain and straight-forward language. I uploaded that profile to several on-line pay for and free dating sites, of which True.com was one. One day, June 1st 2009 to be exact, from out of the clear blue, I received an e-mail from True.com that someone has winked at me. During that time money was very tight so I didn't want to part with yet another $54 for another month. I left the message untouched for about three weeks. At the time I was drinking heavily and having a very good time.
   Her unanswered message stayed in my mind. I couldn't take it any longer. I signed up for free 3-days trial just to read her message. The message came from a female named Rae who was a RN who used to be a traveling nurse. But she now lived in West Palm Beach for the past couple years. She wanted to give up the gypsy life. So she settled in West Palm Beach. But because of it being a major metropolitan city, she longed for a place she could live out the rest of her life in peace and quite.
   She let me know in her contact she really liked my profile but stated she was probably wondering what I thought of her writing to me from so far away. In another sentence she let me know of a job interview she had coming up in Fort Myers. Since three weeks had passed when I responded, she already had the interview, got the job and was in the process of moving here. I was rather surprised and delighted to know there may be a possible woman in my life

again. She sounded so real and caring in her writings. And she responded to me within the same day most of the time. In her first contact she confirmed to me she was a compassionate and caring person because she expressed sincereness for the loss of my wife. That alone woke me the hell up to notice.
   We e-mailed back and forth for about three more weeks. Then with her move completed I called to ask if I could bring food over to her and her friend who helped her move. I was very nervous while dialing her number! When she answered her voice sounded clear and happy. She had just come from a store and was fine in the food department. But she thought that was so very sweet of me to offer. Hell! That's what I do. Her job was to start in one week. In my writings I told her I would take her on a main artery tour so she could get her bearing in her new town. I finally received her address. Again to my surprise, she was only 3 minutes from my condo! I drove over with flowers in hand to met her for the first time.
   It was a hot June Saturday morning when her front door opened. The first words she said was, "OH you're a cutie!" That was cool. I thought the same of her. So she thinks I'm cute I'm thinking! I gave her the flowers and we kissed for the first time. Then off we went for a whirlwind tour of all the main arteries in Fort Myers.
   That was seven weeks ago. Since then we have become an item with not one flaw in either of us toward one another. She is unbelievable! We both are in awe of the complexities of all that fell into place for us to be together. I can only chalk it up to FATE! She is a female me and I am a male her. We are both thoughtful of one another and that is a rare find these days. She wants what I have to offer which is me. A strong, honest and caring man without all the crap that comes with men. And she has all the good qualities I've been looking for too. She likes to laugh, is a good communicator, is educated and is clean. She means everything to me. So, anyone out there that is where I was, PLEASE do yourself a favor. Don't stop looking. It CAN happen for you too!