His Loss, 1 Month Later

We left the restaurant and went to my house. Inside I had everyone sit down in the living room. I retrieved the two sets of rings from my dresser. I brought them into the living room and knelt in front of Amanda. I took her left hand in my right and said, "What I know is that I love you both. I want to take care of you and love you and grow old with you both. I want you to marry me. Will you?"

Tears fell on our hands. "Yes! Yes! I will marry you."

After a kiss I moved over to Barbara. "Barbara, I love the symbolism of having your mother's ring on your hand. I would wager that your Mom's hand feels a missing and I think I would like to replace her ring with one that comes with the energy and the love and is a ring for us. What I know is that I love you both. I want to take care of you and love you and grow old with you both. So, again I ask, will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes! I will marry you!" I gave Crystal back her ring and kissed her in thanks for the loan. I put the new ring on Barbara. We kissed. I sat between them. No sooner had my butt hit the cushions than both women were up and off the couch. They went searching in Barbara's purse and came up with two small ring boxes. They turned to me with wide smiles on their faces and both knelt in front of me. Barbara started.

"Pete, I love you. If there are soul mates then you are a soul mate to me. I want to share the rest of my life with you. I want you to be my partner, my friend, my lover and my husband. Will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" We kissed and she put a small gold band on my finger.

Amanda spoke, "Pete, I love you. If there are soul mates then you are a soul mate to me. I want to share the rest of my life with you. I want you to be my partner, my friend, my lover and my husband. Will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" We kissed and she put a small gold band on my finger. The gold band intertwined with the one that Barbara had placed there. Neither could be removed without taking both.

Amanda turned to Barbara, both still kneeling in front of me. She took Barbara's hand in hers and said, "Barbara, I love you. If there are soul mates then you are a soul mate to me. I want to share the rest of my life with you. I want you to be my partner, my friend, my lover and my wife. Will you marry me?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes, I will marry you!" They kissed and Amanda put another band in the ring on Barbara's finger.

One more time the ceremony was repeated with Barbara asking Amanda to be her wife. After the kisses Crystal and Mark wanted to see how the rings were made to each be a part of the other. It was a moment in time unlike any other in our experience.

We talked until late and then drove to the apartment. I slept with Amanda and Barbara. After were in bed and starting to drift off there was a soft knock on the door. Barbara answered, "Yes?"

We heard Crystal's voice. "May I come in?"

We looked at each other. Amanda pulled the sheet up enough to cover her exposed breast. "Sure."

She opened the door and came in. She was nude. She kissed each of us good night and wished us happy dreams. As she walked out the door I said, "Nice tush."

We all giggled. The door closed. As I slipped into sleep I wondered if my life would ever feel normal again and I wondered if I wanted it to.

"Nah!"