My wife, Donna, was born in May of 1968 and sadly passed in January of 2025. My earliest and fondest memories of my wife Donna are when we were on a family holiday in the Algarve in Portugal, it was karaoke night and Donna got up to sing and belted out Nothing Compares 2 U by Sinead O’Connor and I thought to myself, Is this the woman that I am going to spend the rest of my life with. She had a beautiful voice which matched her beautiful soul, every year on her birthday I would ask Donna to marry me to which she replied no, I did this for 10 years and on the tenth year I said to her, I am not asking again if you say no this time, Donna said no, so the next year I kept my word and didn’t ask her, this must have left her perplexed because shortly after her birthday she said to me, ‘’are we getting married or what’’. The rest, as they say, is history. We used to love to sit at a coffee shop or on a bench by the sea, no matter where it was, be it, abroad or in the UK and just people-watch, we could spend hours people-watching. As time went by and the years passed, we could even finish each other’s sentences, or I would suggest something and Donna would say, I was just about to say that. In my eyes, the connection that we both had was so strong it was like we were in each other’s minds, we were as one. Every couple has their ups and downs, we were no different in that, but we did have more ups than downs and those memories will stay with me forever and I thank my wife Donna for all the happy times that we spent together making memories. Night Night Cariad Sweet Dreams Love You Always x
Genesee, I am sorry for your loss. What a lovely write up of your lives, together, you were clearly in love. So positive. I lost my wife in April 2024, I try to remember the happy times, I am so glad the my Darling Elizabeth was in my life. Please keep coming on here as we are all on the path of trying to adjust to the loss of a loved partner who we miss.
So sorry for your loss Genesee,but glad you’ve found this forum. You will quickly see we all have a heartbreaking story to tell. You will also see we all have very similar feelings in our awful grief. Your friends and family don’t know exactly how you’re feeling,but we do. When I first joined this group I was reading sad story after sad story and it upset me. I thought this isn’t the place I need to be right now but I stuck with it and found it does actually help when you find other people can relate to how you’re feeling. It also helps to write your thoughts on here. Unfortunately nothing I can say will take away the pain,there is no cure but all the tiny snippets you pick up here can add up to a small step forward.