A Star's Love--bill--november 11, 1981

I opened the door--looked at the man--felt a jolt go through me--my immediate thought was THIS IS THE ONE! And I was right--he turned out to be the love of my life.
I have written about Bill in "Letting It All Hang Out" (see www.authorhouse.com to purchase a copy :o)!) and I wrote a book called "For What We Had" about our time together using love letters, diaries, notes and events from the first day we met. (I do have a few copies left for private sale.)
Writing the latter made me face the facts, take responsibility for my part in the whole event (both good and bad) and it certainly eased the very real pain I was feeling and when I wrote "The End" it was.
Bill was to be the love of my life--I knew if it didn't work out there would be no other--there hasn't been and won't be--for 2+ years life was perfect and now that time has passed NO ONE could live up to the image I had/have of us as a couple.
And, yet, we didn't stand a chance--opposites may attract but we had too many differences. Not in any particular order:
He owned and rode a motorcycle plus he was restoring 2 1920s Fords--I owned a AAA card just in case I needed a tire change--I had been gay and open my whole life--he had just come out at the age of 49--he was divorced with 3 children--I was single with no ties--he was very educated and graduated with honors--I was street smart--I loved theatre--he had gone to see "The King And I" and that was it--he had a very analytical mind--I didn't--he had a very prestigious job in a blue chip company--I was a waiter--I loved to read--he didn't--whether it was women (up until he came out) or men, he always had one waiting in the wings--I never thought of 'the next one'--I was a romantic--he wasn't--he was frugal and planned for the future--I was extravagant and never thought about 'tomorrow', etc.
And, yet, for 2+ years we had that 'many splendored thing'. Now ,25 years later, I remember that time with a joy that just puts a smile on my face--the 'bad', the heartbreak, the betrayal, the negative are not even a memory.

The pictures (wish I knew how to lighten the first one!)
The top right--3 days after we met--the top left--Bill on the right--Dr. K and me in the tuxes and in the front is Buddy who played 'Zach' in the touring company of "A Chorus Line" and got Dr. K and I tickets for when ACL became the longest running show on Broadway in which he appeared. It was our last picture together and the middle of the end--9/29/83
The middle--from the left--Bill pouring me a drink--preparing food for me--fixing my car.
The bottom--left--a VERY happy couple in 1982