It’s me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hello Darling,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s me,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, December 8, is such an emotional roller coaster ride for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the positive upside, this is the date of our youngest son\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A day of happiness when our family of four expanded to five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The negative downside, this is the date that our little family\u2019s life changed forever, in a split second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day our lives would never be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day our loving little family of five lost the heart of our family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today that would be the last time we would say I love you to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day that would be the last day I would ever see your smiling face, see that twinkle in your eyes, ask how your day was, get my hug, and tell you what was for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day that turned my life inside out upside down and threw me into a foreign land.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day I had to call our children; they were in the lower forty-eight with Mama in Alabama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That day was a blur to me. I remember bits and pieces of the call in the wee hours of the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A call that a wife, especially a military wife, never wants to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The voice of the police jarred me awake. He explained that you were being flown to the nearest trauma hospital. Due to the severity of your head trauma; time was of the essence for your survival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have no memory of how I got to the hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emergency room doctor told me that you were unconscious, there was swelling on the brain, and they were going to operate to relieve the pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I can still remember when the neurosurgeon explained that the impact crushed your brain stem;surgery was not an option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darling, I suppose I just lost it emotionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God always puts the right person in our past when we most need them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I looked up and saw one of my best friends from high school, Wayne, walking toward me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He just opened his arms and my backed-up tears flowed in a downpour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wayne was stationed at the base and heard about your accident. He and his wife stayed with me all night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day that would leave us in limbo for four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The day that my Yankee Airmen, my loving husband, the father of my children, the love of my life, my everything, you, darling did not awake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe with all my heart that your spirit went to be with our Lord and Savior point impact on that snowy Alaskan highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The four years that you remain sleeping, was for me and our children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I could still see you; I could touch you I could share the day-to-day lives of our three little ones. I could let you know how I was doing I could still say I love you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You could not talk to me I know in my heart that you could feel my presence, could hear me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That is all that kept me together during those lonely days and nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I was still not ready to let you go when you left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was just not supposed to be this way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had our plans; from our amazing blind date, from our whirlwind four-week romance, from our beautiful wedding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wedding pulled together in four days; while I was on a seven-day vacation to meet your family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We had our amazing three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were enjoying our Alaskan tour of duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would have our next assignment in the north; we had been in the south long enough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would purchase and renovate our Victorian home in upstate New York for our retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would watch our children grow up, graduate high school and college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day, you would walk our precious daughter down the aisle, with tears in your eyes, yet happiness in your heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She would forever be daddy\u2019s little girl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day, you would stand with our sons on the day they wear the love of their life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would enjoy our grandchildren, even our great-grandchildren together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would celebrate holidays as a family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would, once again, be just the two of us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would spend our days and nights together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We would still cuddle together in front of a cozy fireplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those were our plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God had his own plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He sent us on that blind date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He gave us a wonderful blessed fifteen years and three months life together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A life of love and happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, there were difficulties, Vietnam, my emotional struggles, the trials of everyday marriage and family, better known as our life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Apart from that December 8 night on the snow-covered Alaskan highway, I would not have missed our fifteen years and three months life of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those were our plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
God had his own plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You are my special sparkling star, shining so beautiful and brightly in the night skies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You continue watching over us from your Heavenly Home Above<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I love you my Yankee Airman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always and forever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your Southern Belle<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A True Love Story Never Ends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s me. Hello Darling, It\u2019s me, Today, December 8, is such an emotional roller coaster ride for me. On the positive upside, this is the date of our youngest son\u2019s birth. A day of happiness when our family of four … Continue reading