She reached out her hand and with a small sigh she said, "Mister, I have spent all my life looking for that special someone to share the rest of my days. I had found me a rich man; he wasn't so kind. All this because I failed to find a partner that's a friend as well as a man.

"Come home with me now, I will tell you what we'll do. Leave your box on the comer and your pillow too. You're too good of a man to live in this zoo.

"Hello," she said, "My name is Lisa. How do you do? And to answer your question: Yes, Ed, I do want to spend the rest of my years caring for you."

Many years have gone by and still to this day as I look in her eyes, I hear those words once again that built up my pride: "Yes, Ed, I do want to spend my whole life caring for you."

As we grow old next to each other, I reach out my hand to her and said, "Thank you, Lisa, for giving me more in life than I ever had."

Now my box is long gone, my pillow too. Lisa, my friendship, I have shared it with you. I love you so, but soon I'll have to go. God is now calling. But I will be waiting on that heavenly comer with a box and still room for two, my hand reaching out, and a pillow for you. I will never forget that day that we met. The tear is still there, I love you my pet.

As I take my last breath with her by my side, I said, "Lisa, my love, we all have to die. I'll be waiting for you on that curb in the sky.

"I love you, my dear, this is not no good bye."