To The Man I Married

It was only 11 years ago that we met. You, from Los Angeles, California; me from Long Island, New York. It was a miracle we found each other in the middle of Oklahoma. You called it “lightning in a bottle.” I believe you were my gift from God.

On that day, East met West. We were the same age, same religion, from the same cultural heritage, and even our maternal grandmothers had the same de Haviland…