The text from my ex wife that made me a little sad

Wednesday, April 17/19

So as I was leaving work today I went to turn my phone off of silent mode and saw a missed text from my ex wife and wondered what that could be about as she has been down in Toronto on business all week.

I opened it up and the first thing I saw was "Not sure if you saw this" and there was a link to a story in what I think was LinkedIn.

The story was about a promotion and new position for Corinna.

To say I was gob smacked would be putting it mildly, to say getting it from the mother of my children was even more shocking.

I replied that I hadn't seen it and had actually stopped trying to see what was happening with her as if she wanted me to know she'd have reached out to me but I appreciated her thinking of me when she saw it.

She responded almost right away "It means she's coming home right?"

"Home is wherever she chooses and from the sounds of things down near Kingston, so not really near me"

I could almost sense her rolling her eyes and shaking her head as she typed out "For such a smart guy you really can be dumb sometimes. This just means she has more of a reason to maybe reach out to you now"

I love how much of an optimist the mother of my children is and it is something I've tried to emulate over the years but not even the romantic in me, who absolutely believes anything is possible where love is concerned, is holding out a chance in hell of getting a call from the one woman in my life who had me thinking I'd found my one and totally broke my heart four years ago.

From the sounds of the article she is getting everything she has dreamed of and I'm really happy for her, happy and yet kind of sad as there have been times over the years where I've wondered how things might have gone between us had we'd not walked away from one another.

My name is Marcus and I'm not feeling all that chipper tonight, actually feeling downright sad as I'm starting to wonder if love is ever going to bring me my one.....

No musical suggestion tonight as nothing seems good enough to me.

Questions and comments welcome as always.........ooasm2018@gmail.com