My journey of grief has hit a valley the last couple days.
With the passing of Gaye's mother, the flood of emotions,
sadness, mourning and emptiness has hit with Gail force winds
upon my rickety, small boat of Hope, Faith and Love.
A new friend provided me with the below words of encouragement:
Today-let's both acknowledge a couple of the most
important blessings that we are grateful for.
Let's focus on those thoughts and make it a sunny day!
With that, I pulled a letter Gaye gave me this month, 6 years ago.
Dearest Tripp,
November 10, 2001 - was the happiest day of my life - up until that point in my life - because I met you (roast beef and all), and my whole world changed for the better! You were such an unexpected and wonderful gift! Every day with you has been a blessing!
November 24,2003 - was the happiest day of my life - up until that point in my life - because you held my hand as we walked along a small street in Prague (Store front to be forgotten thank you), and you asked me to "make it official" - to marry you. I remember the look on your face, the beat of my heart - I remember the unbelievable happiness I felt.
May 15, 2004 - was the happiest day of my life - up until that point in my life - because you said "I do" and became my husband. I never knew I could feel such joy, love and hope.
Really, there are so many happy days in my life now because you are in my life now.- you are part of my heart. I am grateful for every moment I have with you - that I can share my life and my love with you!
Never forget how happy you make me- never forget how much I love you in all times - and never forget how proud I am to be your wife!!!!
All my Love, Gaye
I am so grateful and blessed for what God has given me. I need to
acknowledge I was given the greatest gift of all - Gaye's Love.
(As I write this, the sun has poked through for the first time on a very dreary and ugly day)
I cherish that blessed Love.
Thank you JM for reminding me of my tremendous blessings and how lucky I am!
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| Gaye and I in Costa Rica. Our last trip togther. |
1 comment:
Sir;
I do not know you, but I did go to Jr. High and High school with your dearest Gaye and although I had read of her passing at the time, I just found your blog today when I read about her Mom's passing in the OS on line. I remember Gaye as someone who always cared about her classmates and never had an unkind word to say about anyone. I also had the privilege to have been taught by Rosalie Gwinn and was a fan of her stories and ability to bring out the best in me despite my resistance to being in gifted English.
Your blog is simply put, a beautiful tribute to the loves of your life.
Fear not, for only the best is watching over you and you didn't take the road less traveled.
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