Widow's Voice

If I Could Tell You One More Thing

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It’s been 2,266,454 minutes since you left.

In 31,784 minutes, it will be your birthday.

I’m curious . . . if I could tell you just one more thing, in person, what would I choose to say?

 

I’d love to look into your eyes again

and lean in close.

 

I’d love to see the expression on your face

as we take in each other fully.

 

I’d love to experience the warm hug

you would give me

and the lingering hug

I would return to you.

 

But what would I say?

 

With one last chance

what is it that I want to leave with you?

 

What might surprise you

since I speak to you on the regular

as if you’d never left?

 

In this moment, I know what I would say . . .

 

You were perfect for me. Thank you for loving me so well.

Thank you, my love, for the incredible gift of you.

 

 

 

 

About Kathie Neff

Kathie Neff was widowed on April 15, 2021. She and her beloved husband, Dan, were high school sweethearts and enjoyed dancing and riding horses together. They lived in gratitude, hope and forgiveness for 50 years and nine months when Dan passed quietly late at night, surrounded by their seven children who, with Kathie, were caring for him in their family home.

Dan and Kathie have been a part of Camp Widow and Soaring Spirits International since its inception, as members of Michele Neff Hernandez’s cadre of helpers from the Neff family.

Kathie believes strongly in the strength and bond that is the gift of community and brings a heart of love for all who have been affected by death and dying.

Long live love. XO