Memories of Stephen

09Dec01

When souls really touch, it is forever.
Then space and time disappear,
and all that remains is the consciousness
that we are not alone in life.

Joan Chittister

Stephen, I found in you a soul that really touched mine. And it is forever. There is no space, time or even death that stands between two souls. I will walk with you though you are gone frim this earth and I am never alone, for you walk with God and I walk beside you. I wish more than anything you had felt the strength to fight against the pain the beset you because I miss your voice and your presence so much.

10 Dec01

May the angels light your morning,
And guide you through the night,

May they comfort all your sorrows,
May they help you win the fight.

May they keep watch over your soul,
And show you better ways,

May they guard you while you're sleeping,
And see you through your days.

May they calm your every fear,
And hear you when you shout,

May they show you bright new hopes,
And still your every doubt.

Stephen, You were my angel when you were alive and now with you in heaven I have no doubt you are my angel still. Thank you. I love you.

16Dec01

I love you
Not only for what you are
But for what I am when I am with you

I love you
Not only for what you have made of yourself
But for what you are making of me

I love you
For passing over all my foolish and weak traits
That you couldn't help but see

I love you
For drawing out into the light my beauty
That no-one else had looked quite hard enough to find

I love you

--Author unknown

Stephen, All this is true. And not only that....How do I cope with losing you without losing the me you have helped me become. I enjoyed who I was when I was with you but I know of no other person that I can feel that trust, that belief, that love with. Yes, there are other people that I am close to but never has there been anyone who matched as our souls did. Just losing you is hard enough to cope with, sends me back closer to those scary dark despairing places than I ever want to get close to again. Each day I fight to find if not joy than comfort, if not happiness than peace, if not love than harmony. So that I do not lose our joy, our happiness or our love in the pain of loniliness. The strength of your love, you trust, your faith helped me to find my strength, my wisdom, my harmony from inside me, helped me to recognize myself. In death I have lost the physical presence of a man who was at once complement and twin to me, I do not want to lose your heart and soul, they are too precious, too priceless to be given to society to appease their need for closure and transitions. It will not make me better,healthier or happier to remove you from me.

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