I Will Love You Always

The love of my life left me in the wee hours of the morning on Memorial Day.

His journey on earth was done.

His fight with cancer won ... 

for sometimes healing isn't what we want or expect it to be, here on earth, 

but at the first steps of eternity.

I will be forever grateful that he wanted to pass away at home.  

I admit that I was nervous about that at first ... 

but I soon discovered that I was literally standing on holy ground.

It is an amazing thing to watch someone with one foot in both worlds ... 

crossing over ... 

jabbering away with excitement ... 

sometimes incoherent, sometimes clearly expressing his love for us ... 

and for God.

Wavering ... but only because he was caught,

between his love for us and his greater love for God ...

waiting til that right moment ...

to embrace the fullness of Life.

Leaving behind bittersweet tears ...

of grief mingled with joy,

because he no longer suffers,

but we remain ... to wait our turn ...

to join him on this blessed journey.

I will love you always, Charley Armstrong ... 

I will always ... 

love you.