Heavenly Valentine

Love letter to Mary

My Heavenly Valentine

There is not a day, not an hour, and barely a minute that goes by where I am not thinking about you.

You are the Love of My Life. You are the one who brought me true love. You are the one who showed me what life should be like. You are the one who gave me the family I wanted and needed. Selfishly, I feel you left our family too soon. But you left us with the gift of Love, the gift of Life and the gift of Organ Donation. Honey, I am so proud to talk about you, talk about your life, talk about the gift you received and the gift you left for us.

It still seems like yesterday when I drove you to the hospital in the middle of a severe snowstorm. I never knew 2 weeks later I would be driving to the hospital to see you for the last time. February 11, 2021, the day my life and our family’s life changed forever. The hardest ride home from the hospital I ever had. I still cry, I still wish you were here, I still pray to see for your smile. I pray to feel your hug. And I pray to hear those 3 words come out of your mouth; “I LOVE YOU”.

It is now 3 years since you went home. Your daughter is kicking ass running your foundation. But she still needs your help and your special guidance. Kenya, is still working night and day keeping your foundation’s dream alive. Together the 3 of us have worked out our kinks and are all on the same page. I am so proud to tell people that we have donated out almost $500,000. We have come so far since you and I started this. There is still so much to go. You are my inspiration; your love has affected so many lives. Not only all the people we have helped with our funding, but all the people that come and continue to come to our fundraisers. All the people and businesses that donate to our cause. All the people that believe in us. You, and your love did this!

On a personal note, Your love has changed me. I was afraid of being alone the rest of my life. Instead, you brought me someone with the same cause. Someone that also lost the love of their life. Someone that knows organ donation and the Gift of Life as well as we do. I made a promise to you, one I plan to keep. A promise that I know your family will keep after I go back home. Helping others, helping in the name of organ donation, helping GOD’s gift of life continue forever. But we cannot do this alone. We still need your guidance and your love. Together we are strong. With you in our lives we are stronger than ever. I will never stop talking to you, I will never stop telling everyone how much I love you, I will always love you. Even though the odds are I will live to my late 90’s, I cannot wait to be with you again. I miss you, I miss your voice, I miss your hugs, I miss holding your hand. I LOVE YOU! 

Love, Ken