Adam had been been Kate's high school sweetheart and they had always known that they would get married one day and have a family. After high school Adam had joined the marines, as was his plan. Kate had fallen in love the minute she had seen him. That high school girl kind of crush, that had turned into something real. They spent every moment together that they could. Going to movies, hanging out at the mall and their favorite past time, going to the beach and walking along the ocean. It was a past time that they had carried on into their married life and shared with their children. Every night after dinner, the family would head to the water and go for a walk, even when Adam was away.
Now, today, one year after Adam's death, Kate, her children and her brother are at the ocean in memory of her husband. After they spread Adam's ashes into the ocean, they headed along the water and went for a walk in remembrance of the walks they had taken many times. Kevin, Kate's brother had gone with to help her with the children. This spot on the ocean would always hold a special place in Kate's heart. It was the place she had the most memories of Adam, the place he had proposed to her, the place she had told him she was pregnant each time, including when she found out she was pregnant with Krissy. This was also the place they could see from their bedroom; the whole reason they had bought the house. Never would any place mean more to Kate than this one. Never would there be any place that she could feel Adam's presence more than this one.
Kate knew that one day she might fall in love again, remarry, and start over. Life had proven that it would go on. The sun would still rise every morning and set every night. Her heart, though still sad had healed, slowly, day by day. Over the days and months that had passed, life had kept going just as Adam would have wanted it to. Every time that she looked at her children, she saw their father, and every time she went to this spot in the ocean she felt him there with her. Watching over her, and keeping her safe.
Today as she walked this same spot, this oh-so-familiar path, she knelt down in the sand and read these words that she had written down that morning.
Today its been a year. A year since I heard you were gone.
Today I feel you more than I ever have.
With each day that has passed since that first day we met
on the first day of school in 9th grade, I have loved
you with each breath I took.
With you,
I was safe, loved and give so much more than I deserved.
With you,
I have never known or felt more than love than you have shown.
My heart breaks that you are gone.
Knowing that I will never see your face,
hear your voice or
feel your arms around me,
breaks my heart and fills my eyes with tears.
Knowing that Krissy will never
know you personally, though she will know who you are
and the kind of daddy she had.
You have never held her, touched her sweet face
or known her, but I know
that as you watch over us, you know who she is.
Kammie and Austin miss you so much,
but each night as I tuck them into bed
we look out the window towards Heaven and tell you goodnight.
Today, Tomorrow and Forever
you are my love and our hero.
Kate
As soon as she read those words, Kate tossed the letter into the air and watched as the wind blew it away and land it in the water. Then she stood up, took Kammie's hand and together they all walked back towards the house, with one final goodbye to the man they all loved and would all miss for the rest of their lives.
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