I hired a handyman to pick up where my husband left off after becoming widowed in 2008. We hit it off, dated for a few years then parted ways as I became more aware of underlying toxic patterns…. fast forward to yesterday, Saturday September 23, 2023 when our paths crossed in the parking lot of the local Farmers Market in Urbana, Illinois. We began chatting and decided to move in the shade of a small Kentucky coffee tree and there was the quilted heart on the ground underneath. He smiled and commented “You finally found your heart!” and I said “no, mine was lost to you years ago but this is sweet, like the Tin Man’s heart in Wizard of Oz!” So now my sweet little quilted heart will forever be a reminder of that brief moment under the tree with a man I once loved.
