Because Gaye Lived

I came across a wonderful love letter from a young man to his late wife on a blog similar to mine.
The words are so poignant. I simply understand  his pain and the search for acceptance and understanding in the midst of loss and anguish.  His love letter is called - Today Because You Lived -

Today, because you lived, I will be kinder to others.
Today, because you lived, I will take the time to enjoy obvious beauty but also explore the overlooked and find radiance there as well.
Today, because you lived, I will not treat this day as a day of loss, but a reminder of the value of life.
Today because you lived, I will work instead of mourn, and will do the best job I know to do.
Today because you lived, I will not squander my day to pity nor indulgence, but I will remember with a smile and still raise my glass at the end of the day.
Today, because you lived, I know how to live myself.
And so today, because you lived,

 I can....and I will... as best as I know how. 

I just can't believe the third Anniversary of this LGW

 (Less Gaye World)

is upon me.

I have come to believe that August 22, 2008

was not the day Gaye's life was lost,

 but the day of her birth

into the only world that could ever be large enough to

hold her loving, free, amazing and adventurous spirit.

Happy Third Heavenly Birthday Dear. 

Not knowing what to get you, I send you a promise
that I will love today as best as I can...

Better than I knew how before there was you...

and I will remember... and I will smile.

I will smile, today because you lived.

Deacon and I enjoying a a summer night.
(After three years, I am still not accustomed to taking photos of merely me)