My Love..

What do you do when the love of your life is no longer in your life? How do you deal with the infinite knowledge that you will never see this person not because it was a bad break up but rather because it is God who has reclaimed him? When does the hurt go away?
I’ve heard that one becomes immortal through those who love and remember the soul that is now absent. Through my tears I know that my husband is truly immortal. I miss him so much that it hurts to remember not who he was but that he isn’t anymore. When will I stop crying?
Erik and I never dated. In fact our beginning friendship came from our failed relationships. Perhaps this is why we ended up together. I used to kid him that we were each other’s enemy and that in our joined friendship; we could benefit to share each other’s secrets of the opposite sex.
I remember the first time I ever met Erik. He was playing basketball at my then best friend’s house. He was a little overweight, shirtless, in old shorts, wearing the most ragged out pair of leather sandals I had ever seen in my life. It wasn't till now that I realized what a lasting impression he had made on me.