Forever in my heart

Although David left us, my world continues to be luminous long after he has been out of sight. He cannot die out of my world. He has left much of himself behind. As long as I love, I will feel him and see him everywhere even though he is nowhere.

Everywhere I go I am surrounded and am reminded of him.  When I look at the sky he is there. When I hear a bird sing he is there. When I see the stars he is there. When I hear a song he is there. When I see the flowers he is there. When I see a butterfly he is there. Beautiful things remind me of him as he is beautiful. No matter what I do or where I go he is there. He continues to be an integral part of my being and forever will be in my heart. 

Broken Wings

An eternal evergreen tree was given to us in David’s memory. We planted the tree at our property on Cape Cod. One day as I was gardening near David’s tree, a butterfly came and landed very close to me and stayed for about one minute. I looked at her carefully and noticed that both of her wings were damaged, one more than the other. Immediately I thought of David and then the thought hit me that the butterfly can still fly even with broken wings. I realized that I must pick up my broken wings and try to fly again even with the pain. 

The butterfly in the photo also has broken wings and is still as beautiful as ever.