Teri just had to get away from it all. She had just buried her husband a little over three months ago, and everything around her reminded her of him. After thirty seven years of marriageto such a wonderful man, it was hard to get up in the morning and face the day! Teri’s two grown daughters were getting worried about their mother’s state of mind, and finally insisted that she get away for a few days, just to kind of relax and let her batteries recharge. She didn’t want to go somewhere that she and Tom had visited, so it was decided that she would spend a week in New York City and take in a few shows, and see all of the sights. They’d talked about doing it for years, but never got around to it, so Teri’s daughters figured that this would be the perfect time!
Teri wouldn’t have given their little plan a chance in hell of working, but much to her delight, she was actually having a good time! Cats and Les Miz were more fantastic than she hadever imagined they’d be, the Guggenheim had more stunning art in one place than was imaginable, and the food, well it was just magnificent! New York had turned out being the tonicthat made her see that it was possible to have a life after Tom, in fact, she was planning on making Manhattan a yearly destination!
In a city the size of New York, especially when you’re a total stranger, you don’t expect to meet someone out of your past, but for Teri, her life was about to take twist that was completely unexpected, and that moment came at the check out line at Bloomingdale’s department store. While she was paying for a new pair of leather gloves for her younger daughter, she noticed a very attractive woman staring at her from across the room. She tried to ignore her, but the woman was being so obvious, that the sales lady even commented that she thought her “friend “ was trying to get her attention.
Teri paid for her purchase and quickly made her way to the front door where she felt a hand on her arm and the question, “Teri, is that you!?!” She spun around, not sure how to react, but in an instant recognized the face from over forty years ago in college, “Victoria,” she asked!?!
“I wasn’t sure it was you,” exclaimed Victoria, “what’s it been, forty years now!?!” “You look fabulous, Vicki,” gushed Teri, while looking over her long lost friend! ”You too,” chimed inVicki, “what on earth are you doing in New York, Teri, I thought you were living in the midwest somewhere?!?” “I am,” replied Teri, “I’m just here on a little vacation courtesy of my two daughters, I recently lost my husband and they thought a trip would do me good!” “Oh, Teri, I’m so sorry to hear of your loss, how many years were you married,” asked Vicki? “Uh, thirty seven,” Teri answered quickly, “say, let’s not talk here, how about we go some place where we can sit down?” “Good idea,” responded Vicki, “and I know just the spot!” The two woman, stillgabbing away, left the store and took off down Fifth Ave, they had a lot of years to make up for!!!”