Tonight the Captain told me that I am his
soul mate. He realized this amid a candid conversation with an old friend,
wherein the friend, in describing his wife, declared he has no soul mate, and
if he did, it is not her. and then the kind Captain reflected and put himself
first in the situation—as he is wont to do—and mused on his soul mate, ultimately
deciding on me. After asking him why, he answered that he’s never connected to
anyone the way he does to me. I told
him, as I still think is true, that it’s one of the nicest things I’ve ever
heard.