In this installment (and sorry, the images are hopelessly out of order since the publication of the first installment “I Love My Wife“,) I will present more cartoon images from my “Stickmen” series; the image-blog creation intended to record and honor the significant events from our lives.

To help make up for the slightly lossy-format .jpg images, I will include a few images at their normal size.

Return to the Beginning

I was the poster boy of the quintessential single male night-shift worker that for all intents and purposes, had no social life whatsoever. Relying upon those rare occasions during all too short annual vacations or conventions to met, greet and socialize with members of the opposite gender, I was alone. I tried to hide it from the world, but I did feel that I was not going to ever meet anyone whom I could truly call my own.

There was this one girl that I was stalking seeing, informally… but it didn’t work out. Sometimes I felt that the world was gently mocking and chiding me.

But Then You Came Along!

You came into my life and saved me in ways that even now you do not even fully comprehend.

We got together. It was truly an eclectic period in my life. As I had (and necessarily shed) many pen pals and casual would-have-beens as she became closer and closer to me. Many phone chats, letters and visits later, we fell in love!

We Did Find Each Other

We were an item for well over a year even after we consented to marry; there were things to take care of in both our working and in our personal lives. Things that we could better take care of while still single. At least, -that is how I perceived it.

You took Driving Lessons and attained your driver’s license, which was very helpful because now you were not reliant upon the bus system to get around and me having to come to the Bus Station (90 mins. away) to pick you up (which was no problem.) Coming down to visit me in my hometown (or other reasons to travel) would now be possible for you in a rented car. We could take turns driving my car on vacations, which is what we were able to do during that trip to Colorado. That was fun!