At 67, I Took My First Vacation to Malta and Decided to Say 'Yes' to Everything – I Never Expected to Find Love Again
His reply arrived two weeks later.
"No. But I could spend the rest of my life learning who you are instead of assuming I know."
I read that line many times.
Then I called him.
We spoke for 20 minutes.
The next week, 40.
Three months later, David flew to see me.
He stayed in a hotel.
Rebecca met him before I did.
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She questioned him like a detective.
He loved her immediately.
I did not trust him all at once.
Trust returned in pieces.
He told me when he was afraid.
I told him when I was angry.
We stopped protecting each other from uncomfortable truths.
A year later, I returned to Malta.
David waited at the airport.
This time, he did not pretend our meeting was chance.
He held up a sign that read:
ELEANOR, AGE 68. STILL SAYING YES?
I laughed.
Then I changed the sign with a pen from my purse.
SOMETIMES.
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