All Things Retirement

( Letter to Hermie from Dorothy ) - Dear Hermie: I must go home now. I'm sure you'll understand. There's much I have to do. I won't try to explain what happened last night because I know that, in time, you'll find a proper way in which to remember it. What I will do is remember you. And I pray that you be spared all senseless tragedies. I wish you good things, Hermine. Only good things. Always, Dorothy
( Hermie remembering back on the summer of 42 ) - I was never to see her again. Nor was I ever to learn what became of her. We were different then. Kids were different, it took us longer to understand the things we felt. Life is made up of small comings and goings. And for everything we take with us, there is something that we leave behind. In the summer of 42, we raided the Coast Guard station four times, we saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benji broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica, and in a very special way, I lost Hermie forever.