The Women in My Life

Without trying to be a "show and tell" of my romantic life, such as it was; or an expose of my "fidelities and infidelities" let me simply say there have been many, many important women in my life. There is the woman I married -- first among all -- Ms. Mary Sheila Nassif (Mrochinski) who was my soulmate for more than 20 years. As I will say many times -- I was not the best husband I could have been, mostly because of ignorance, insensitivity, and sheer male stubbornness. The most that I can say is that I was faithful -- in a sexual and passion sense -- always. But I'm not sure if I was the kind of husband my dear wife dreamed of as a little girl. Not quite handsome enough; not quite skilled enough in multiple areas; not quite kind enough -- to be with someone as unselfish and kindly caring as she was. All I can say in my defense is -- that I tried my best.

My "surrogate daughter" is another woman in my life --- not for "romantic purposes" but because she has that same streak of kindness/hard work/joy of work/love that Sheila had. They really were a kind of mother and daughter combo -- put together by karma, and not blood. 

My younger sister is also an important woman in my life -- because we share a bond of understanding about my family "type" -- the idiosyncrasies that make a Mrochinski a Mrochinski.

There were also the many women in my life whom I dated -- mostly before the "time of Sheila" but several after as well.  My dating history is mostly serio-comic and small scale, rather than important.  Chaos ruled and still rules in my love life I fear. I don't ever expect to have a female partner in my life -- the stars would not align for me again, as they did for Sheila/Mel. "My meridien has passed" so to speak.