She was already climbing the steps, when she turned and asked me to come with her, but I stayed behind and just watched her walk away.
You see, I had work to do.
I never saw her again, and forty years later I still hear myself saying “If only I’d…”
Work waits. Life does not. You can live on a dollar a day for a long time if you are smiling and warm inside. Its worth it. ))
Poignant point of reference like an asterisk to see what you missed .