From Art Bell
Posted: 04-24-2006 05:01 AM
From the High desert......
My last week in the U.S. for a while! I
wanted a word with those on this forum
who have been so good to me all these years. In all those years I have been a Broadcaster I have told my listeners the truth, because when you do a four or five hour Talk Show if you do that, you never have to remember your lies.
As most of you know I lost my dear Wife of almost 16 Years on Jan 5. Shortly after
that almost like a Miracle I began hearing from a dear young lady in the Philippines named Airyn, only much later did I find out that my friend Carl Richardson had asked her to write to me because I was in such grief. I only now mention his name because I see he has posted on this forum.
We fell in love after hundreds of hours of video exchanges. I was of course very lonely and very much in need of love and human contact. Even then I could not be sure until I met this wonderful young Woman and so I went to the Philippines and what I had hoped was true, indeed was. It was a easy choice for me. I am now 60 years old,
I could spend my remaining years alone
in a house with haunting memories or choose life and a Woman who loves me. Despite what the critics would have you think, that is not a hard choice. Ramona
would NEVER have wished me to live out the remaining years of my life alone.
I believe those critics of my choice would only be happy if I was unhappy
and alone. That is not the path I have chosen. I am told that many Men who come from happy marriages re-marry
quickly. I understand the reason, it is
not as many suspect, it is companionship, love and all the things that were just lost. Yes, Airyn is young but she is from a culture where such
Marriages are common, in addition I did not choose her age, she chose me with no undrstanding of who I was until about two weeks before I went to meet her.
So, even with the understanding that many would judge me harshly for telling the truth, I decided that the truth has been my friend all these years and there was no reason to change.
Life is short. I am a risk taker and have taken many in my life. Marriage is always a risk and perhaps one might observe this has a greater risk, you might be right, only time will tell. I am
betting the remaining years of my life will be very happy. If the only way I can
honor the memory of Ramona is to remain alone and unhappy then something is very wrong with the world, and those who say it must be so.
To those who understand, I thank you. To those who do not, I hope you never face such a choice. My only advice to you all is remember....life is short.
Art Bell
My last week in the U.S. for a while! I
wanted a word with those on this forum
who have been so good to me all these years. In all those years I have been a Broadcaster I have told my listeners the truth, because when you do a four or five hour Talk Show if you do that, you never have to remember your lies.
As most of you know I lost my dear Wife of almost 16 Years on Jan 5. Shortly after
that almost like a Miracle I began hearing from a dear young lady in the Philippines named Airyn, only much later did I find out that my friend Carl Richardson had asked her to write to me because I was in such grief. I only now mention his name because I see he has posted on this forum.
We fell in love after hundreds of hours of video exchanges. I was of course very lonely and very much in need of love and human contact. Even then I could not be sure until I met this wonderful young Woman and so I went to the Philippines and what I had hoped was true, indeed was. It was a easy choice for me. I am now 60 years old,
I could spend my remaining years alone
in a house with haunting memories or choose life and a Woman who loves me. Despite what the critics would have you think, that is not a hard choice. Ramona
would NEVER have wished me to live out the remaining years of my life alone.
I believe those critics of my choice would only be happy if I was unhappy
and alone. That is not the path I have chosen. I am told that many Men who come from happy marriages re-marry
quickly. I understand the reason, it is
not as many suspect, it is companionship, love and all the things that were just lost. Yes, Airyn is young but she is from a culture where such
Marriages are common, in addition I did not choose her age, she chose me with no undrstanding of who I was until about two weeks before I went to meet her.
So, even with the understanding that many would judge me harshly for telling the truth, I decided that the truth has been my friend all these years and there was no reason to change.
Life is short. I am a risk taker and have taken many in my life. Marriage is always a risk and perhaps one might observe this has a greater risk, you might be right, only time will tell. I am
betting the remaining years of my life will be very happy. If the only way I can
honor the memory of Ramona is to remain alone and unhappy then something is very wrong with the world, and those who say it must be so.
To those who understand, I thank you. To those who do not, I hope you never face such a choice. My only advice to you all is remember....life is short.
Art Bell
