I got the call this morning from my sister telling me Michael Green is dead. Michael is, for those of you from the way, way, way back, my ex-boyfriend. My officer and a gentleman. The Jimmy Buffet concert romance turned bourbon street engagement, turned bloody mary morning lover. The calls, the months and months of late night calls and promises. My Ft. Polk fancy. My Boat Drinks glass clinker. The man who, with the help of Maker’s Mark, got me back into whiskey. The man whose mom I met out in Pascagoula, Mississippi who liked my sister more than me. The little Irish bar at St Pete’s beach in Florida & my New Year’s Eve Millenium Kiss. The long distance relationship that was a little bit too long and too far. The man I had to wait to come back from the field before I could call and end it with, before I moved any further with a new romance. In the soon aftermath, I took off to mardi gras and I left the little ring on the intersection of Orleans and Bourbon street, the scene of the crime. Even though we were over and I was with another man, I sobbed the whole night and drank myself stupid the whole weekend in mourning because I loved him and because I knew I could have made it work if I wasn’t so young and so worried about the call that would come telling me Michael Green was dead.
There was a bomb. And he was in Afghanistan doing what he loved. The two met up and here I am, drinking a bloody mary at 10am, typing through tears.
“It’s time to see the world
It’s time to kiss a girl
It’s time to cross the wild meridian
Grab your bag and take a chance
Time to learn a Cajun dance
Kid you’re gonna see the morning sun
On the Pascagoula run”
oh wow that’s awful. *big hugs* I’m so sorry for your loss.
thank you
oh wow that’s awful. *big hugs* I’m so sorry for your loss.
thank you
wow. how terribly sad.
thinking of you chica. 🙁
it really is.
thank ainj.
you ok?
I’m better than I was yesterday.
please..
call me on your lunch break tomorrow, k?
wow. how terribly sad.
thinking of you chica. 🙁
it really is.
thank ainj.
you ok?
I’m better than I was yesterday.
please..
call me on your lunch break tomorrow, k?
that is indeed sad..
but always the risk when you are a mercenary…
let’s all toast a whisky to Michael Green…
Re: that is indeed sad..
He was a good soldier and a great man. he knew the risks and lived life to the nth degree.
Cheers to Michael, and drinks all around.
that is indeed sad..
but always the risk when you are a mercenary…
let’s all toast a whisky to Michael Green…
Re: that is indeed sad..
He was a good soldier and a great man. he knew the risks and lived life to the nth degree.
Cheers to Michael, and drinks all around.
(((((((HUG)))))))
thank you. I need one.
(((((((HUG)))))))
thank you. I need one.
i know this is going to sound strange but you have been on my mind today like several times (looking at wedding books, giving my friend a box of mighty leaf tea, coming across your smokers guide)
i’m home sick today so if you need a friend, give me a call or an email and i’ll come over and we can pour one out for your lost former love. i’m so sorry for your loss.
thank you – I’m emailing you now.
i know this is going to sound strange but you have been on my mind today like several times (looking at wedding books, giving my friend a box of mighty leaf tea, coming across your smokers guide)
i’m home sick today so if you need a friend, give me a call or an email and i’ll come over and we can pour one out for your lost former love. i’m so sorry for your loss.
thank you – I’m emailing you now.
Wish like hell that I could write something that would make it better. Sorry that I can’t.
thank you. I’ve never been able to find those words, myself.
Wish like hell that I could write something that would make it better. Sorry that I can’t.
thank you. I’ve never been able to find those words, myself.
I’m so sorry. I’ll be thinking of you today.
thank you S.
I’m so sorry. I’ll be thinking of you today.
thank you S.
so sorry for your loss. a straight up hug from a chick you haven’t met; I hope you get lots of hugs today.
thank you. we should remedy the “haven’t met” part eventually.
so sorry for your loss. a straight up hug from a chick you haven’t met; I hope you get lots of hugs today.
thank you. we should remedy the “haven’t met” part eventually.
So sorry hon.
bd
thank you. we’re having a memorial weekend later this month. I’ll be down your way.
So sorry hon.
bd
thank you. we’re having a memorial weekend later this month. I’ll be down your way.
I’m terribly sorry to hear this Terry.
(hugs)
thank you, carl.
I’m terribly sorry to hear this Terry.
(hugs)
thank you, carl.
I’m so sorry to hear this. Really I am.
Me, too.
*hugs*
I’m so sorry to hear this. Really I am.
Me, too.
*hugs*
I am crying for you.
I can go to the scene of the crime this weekend and drink a whiskey for you both…
I love you darlin’.
Re: I am crying for you.
I booked a ticket for the week after next to do the same.
Love you, too!
I am crying for you.
I can go to the scene of the crime this weekend and drink a whiskey for you both…
I love you darlin’.
Re: I am crying for you.
I booked a ticket for the week after next to do the same.
Love you, too!
xo TO
xo TO
I’m sorry for your loss Terry.
I’m sorry for your loss Terry.