Memories of the Way We Were

I stood in front of the headstone which read 'Rita Rocca Nee Tomlin (15/6/1942 - 21/10/2020)' and thought 'Is this all there is? Her name on a headstone with mine to follow.' <br>I remembered a warm May Day in 1948 when we both kneeled at the same altar waiting for a priest to give us our first taste of Jesus. <br>She in her white dress was wondering if the day would yield enough for a new doll and pram while I wondered if mine would yield enough for roller skates and maybe a new football. <br>I recalled the honeymoon in Jersey in 1963 Miss World at the Royal Albert Hall in 1980 and the ball that followed at the Savoy Hotel. <br>I said Sorry girl I can't give you a Taj Mahal but I will write a book which will hopefully make us more than just names on a tombstone.