A Walk by the Sea

How very sad

Just what I needed to make my melancholy of today complete.
All day yesterday "the world is too much with us.." played in my head.
Please, please some joyful story next, I feel that you also need it..

I'll take the heat

This isn't romance.

Adrian, you are not alone.....

Thank you. I very much needed to read this today. I lost my mother and my wife within a two-year span. There are lingering issues with my wife's daughter. Sometimes I want to quit -- either move away and start over, or commit suicide as my wife did. And then there are the other times, when I read something like this, and realize that there is still much that I can do for others, and that in the course of doing so, I will help to heal myself. Your words are beautiful. Thank you for helping me today.

Another story...

... that makes me wish we could put them in multiple or tiered categories. While it is Romance in a fashion, it's primary should be non-erotic.

In either case, a well written story.

Holy motherfucking shit

I would like to say that I loved the story, but it was a tough read emotionally. I need to read something lighthearted after this. 5*s

lamentations

melancholy
regret
despair

hope

a brief, hauntingly powerful story that demands introspection

A remberance

I've taken a 'walk by the sea' . . . I'm still doing it. Romance comes in all forms, but always from the heart. This is just such a story. Well done as usual.

There is not another author on these pages who can weave words into a story as well as you. Five stars.

A startling beautiful and melancholic look back on a life

It was romantic, frank, and real.

A beautiful and compelling love story, beautifully written as though from personal experience. Thank you for weaving this tale. A true five! jntiques

So much love

and pain.
So many hopes
dashed
So good
it hurts