We loved seeing them every few days as they walked in the square outside our office window. An elderly couple, one stooped over a walker, is not an uncommon sight in this city – but these two, garbed in identical dramatic outfits that went farther than simple matching windbreakers, stood out. Some days each sported a metallic silver coat and jauntily angled scarlet tam. Other times, head to toe matching plaid. Seeing their spunky getups always brought smiles to each of our faces.
We didn’t see the two of them for a long time… then, one day, just the wife.
100 Words, 05/27/2008
Kathy April 29, 2012 at 9:27 pm
It makes you wonder if something happened to the man. How sad that she is now alone.
Kathy
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Dawn Storey
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April 30, 2012 at 12:10 am
That’s how we felt too. It’s amazing how attached we had become to people none of us had ever even met!
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Corinne Rodrigues
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May 2, 2012 at 11:25 am
Oh this is sad. I love people-watching and making my own stories about them.
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Dawn Storey
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May 2, 2012 at 5:22 pm
It was very sad when it happened… we were all left wondering.
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Classic NYer May 7, 2012 at 10:50 pm
Omg, this is so sad… But incredibly well written.
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Dawn Storey
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May 9, 2012 at 12:51 pm
Thank you.
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