An extract from Wise Traveller: Relationships
Love is patient... She sips her coffee and tries to focus on the pages of her novel, wondering when the phone will ring. She had promised to give him time to forgive her, so after a moment of staring intently at the receiver she returns to her book...
Love is patient... For the second time that week, they sit slumped together on the sofa, listening to late-night radio and watching the clock. As the minutes turn into hours, they try to breathe calmly and wonder what time their son will finally return home...
Love is patient... Addressing the envelope, she pauses fondly to remember the lifelong friend now many miles away. With her heart full of all the years they have shared, she picks up her pen and begins another letter...
Love is patient... As his wife slowly begins to lift her aching body from the chair, he pretends to look out of the window at the daffodils. Then, with perfect timing, he silently leans forward and with a familiar and practised gesture, offers her his arm and smiles...
Love is patient...
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