Happy Valentine’s Day…..
myDarlin’…. another first without you by my side and perhaps one of the most impactful for me yet. A tear slides from the corner of my eye, and as if in slow motion falls to my keyboard leaving a drop of love reflecting my image back at me. And I can hear your gentle voice saying to me, I love you Baby.
I close my eyes and turn my face to the sky as I stand underneath the waterfall of memories crashing all around me. And I try to capture each one on the tip of my pen, not wanting to ever forget a single moment since we met on that Valentine’s Day twelve years ago. The magnet holding our marriage certificate on the refrigerator reads, ‘We do not remember the days, we remember the moments’ and I pause to reflect on the wisdom of that statement.
One year ago today, you were packing up for your gig and I was hurrying to get my work done and out early to make the trek up to Jasper. Kona flags - check, blinking hearts - check, cameras - check, equipment - check! It was a magical night for all of us, and the little Kona hearts were blinking throughout the room. Happy Valentine’s Day Baby, you said to me as we headed on the road back home. And we talked again about how the hearts would invariably be tucked away in a drawer only to be taken out one day to bring back memories of a Valentine’s Day long ago. Little did we dream at that time that this would be our story just a short year after.
And as we made our way up the walkway to the front door, you held it open for me and I gave you three kisses as I passed through under your arm. We lay our heads on the pillow, and you looked over to me and said, ‘We have a good life, don’t we Baby?’ Yes, we do myDarlin’ Robert Kenui Pope, yes we do.
Today, I am so grateful for the gift of love and the doors to my heart and mind that it opened up. And today I pray for each one of you, that you will experience in your lifetime a love that will take your breath away and fill your heart with joy; and when you do that you will cherish it as the most precious gift you’ve ever received.
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