When I woke up this morning and looked at my phone, I saw the date and instantly remembered it was exactly 13 years ago today when I saw you for the last time. What a wonderful day we had belatedly celebrating your birthday at the Baltimore Aquarium and anticipating mine. I will be forever grateful that my last memory with you was a happy one.
I wish you were still physically here to experience life with me. I wish we could read the same books together and discuss them. I wish we could watch movies together, compare notes, and figure out the whodunnits. I wish you were here to meet Bell and Fiona. I wish we could go to the bookstore and spend all our money there like we used to at bead expos and stores. I wish we could browse the library selections together. I wish you could see how much healthier I am now than I was the day you left this world. I wish we could have just one more day, one more week, one more year together.
And yet, even if all of those one more wishes came true, it still wouldn't be enough. I would always want one more day, one more week, one more year together.
I'm sorry I was not an avid reader when you were, but I'm glad you pointed me that direction when the time was right. You would be so happy for all of the friends I've made who share the same interests I do. Many of them are virtual, but that's okay. They are friends, just the same. It's because of you I found them. It was your love of reading that eventually put me on this path. I was late, but I am here now. And I am thankful that you led me here.
Your Best Friend Forever,
Meezan
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