Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this … - Mary Boykin Chesnut

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Life is made up of meetings and partings. People come into your life everyday, you say good morning, you say good evening, some stay for a few minutes, some stay for a few months, some a year, others a whole lifetime. No matter who it is, you meet and then you part. I'm so glad I met you Elizabeth Egan; I'll thank my lucky stars for that. I think I wished for you all of my life" He whispered. "But now it is time for us to part.

Mary Boykin Chesnut

Is the sea drying up? It is going up into mist and coming down on us in this water spout, the rain. It raineth every day, and the weather represents our tearful despair on a large scale.

Drying, Loss, Rain, Raineth, Sea, Tearful

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I do not write often now - not for want of something to say, but from a loathing of all I see and hear. Why dwell upon it?

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