Inspired by the affectionate gesture of a friend whose wife just finished cancer treatments:
Valerie lifted her face to the warm sunshine and took a long breath. She smiled as Reuben reached over and covered her hand with his own.
She had worried about possible sea sickness, but the cruise ship seemed as steady as her own front porch. To think she had been considering divorce just 6 short months ago.
When Joshua, their youngest, left for college, she had become unbearably lonely. Her husband was seldom home and never seemed to have time for her.
She had been sure he was having an affair with his store manager, a young, pretty, single mother.