Everlasting love is the gift our person left us with

The love our person left us with is permanently tucked so deep inside us. Irrevocably placed there. A love that covers and protects our heart. Almost like an insulation of pure love around our entire being.

With my late husband Anthony’s 5th death anniversary coming up I have been thinking a lot about what a treasure our memories are. I hold on to them tight. In my mind’s database they are limited, but in my heart they are infinite. Months after his death, i was afraid I would forget the little details like the way he walked when he was in a rush, the way he ate when the food was delicious, the way he smelled fresh out of bed in the morning, the way he looked at me when I was walking down the isle towards him on our wedding day, the way he laughed when something was really, really funny…

Almost 5 years later i still vividly remember all of that, but should the day will come where I don’t, it’s ok because what I will never forget
Is how he made me feel. How loved I felt in his presence. How deeply i still
feel his love in spite of his absence…

I often say I have been completely transformed because Anthony died, but also because he lived. Fortunately, no matter how much time passes by, love does not. Love remembers. Love permanently remains.

Many say grief is the price you pay for love. To me, It isn’t a price. It is a gift to feel a love that transcends time and space. To feel a love that death does not, cannot, and will not due part. Grief is love’s legacy.