Lucky

I know most people would not consider me lucky -- since my husband of three years just died after a brief battle with cancer. And i certainly wish we had more time together here. but i do know how lucky i am. i'm so lucky that gordi and i found each other and spent the past almost ten years together. We started dating in July of 1999 and married in September of 2005. i'm so lucky we had that much time together. i'm so lucky he married me and we found this wonderful house and had so many great experiences together. we travelled around the country and had an amazing time where ever we were. i wish we'd gotten to banff and to europe and to machu picchu, but i'm so grateful for every where we did go. we went to vancouver and fargo and chicago and colorado and hannibal. there was a whole world we wanted to get to, but we really enjoyed the parts we saw together. we had the happiest marriage i've ever even heard of. most of the people i know have something or other about their spouse they would like to change. we were in almost perfect synch. there wasn't anything i would change. i don't know for sure he felt the same, but we got along wonderfully. most people don't get that. i'm so lucky i did. and even though he's not physically here, he is still here, around me all the time, and still talking to me. and i know that not everyone gets that, so i'm extra lucky. i'm very lucky i found the love of my life and i honestly mean it. tennyson was right, "'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all." But of course, our love is not lost. it's still here. and i am so lucky.