Here it is, the day before what would have been your 79th birthday, although you will remind 70 in my mind, I miss you more with every passing day and there isn't much I can do about it except look forward to the day we are together again. Anyone who has not gone through this may not understand my pain and sorrow in your passing, the only consolation is that you are not in pain anymore, Love you, Babe.

Here we are a couple of days after Doug's birthday Dorothy and I still remember that day in 1970 when you gave me my first son. He is 54 now and you are still 70 and I'm 82, although you will ever be that 19-year-old girl that I met on the streets of Hays that fateful Sunday, the prettiest girl I had ever come across in my travels. Miss you, babe.

Here we are at the 9th anniversary of your passing, a day I will never forget and somehow I keep going, if my breathing doesn't get better I don't know for how long but that is beside the point. This is to honor you and your memories till we meet again.

Today would have been our 60th anniversary my dear, but we only made 51 and for that I am grateful. I miss you each and every day and esp. on days like this. Until we meet again my love.

Today you would have turned 79 my dear, but you will always be 70 in my memory as that is the age you were when the good Lord called you home as I held you in my arms in our house in Farmington NM. I plug along at a snails pace through the rough life without you, thank goodness for our sons as they give me hope to keep trying to go on esp Doug and Laura as they have taken me in and see that I do not want for anything they can obtain and provide me with the family that I wouldn't have without them and Chris helps me in his own way so I guess we didn't do too bad a job of bringing him up either. I look forward to the time that we can be together for eternity. Love you Babe.

Here I am again on the 8th anniversary and I am 81 now and you are still 70, at least in earth years. I can see us fishing off Dougs dock and enjoying life once again if only you were here to live it with me, but Im sure you have a wonderful life where you are and where I hope to be with you one day. I love you babe and will be with you again Whenever the good Lord is ready for me..

I am late in writing on our 59th anniversary as I have had covid and am getting over it so far, everyone in the house got it. I did not celebrate this as you are not here to enjoy it with me and I still miss you so much. I don't know how many more of these I will celebrate on earth but will as long as I'm
allowed.

This will be birthday number 8 that I have observed without you by my side, you remain 70 instead of turning 78 today. Happy Birthday, my darling Dorothy. I am only one breath from you. Your Josie.    

This is the 7th anniversary of your passing and I'm still here with our son in San Angelo Texas as we had planned on being if this damn cancer had not happened. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you and how you would have enjoyed it here in the warm weather as you hated the cold as you got older. You remain 70 and I'm 80, yes 80 I can't believe it either now and still wondering why I was left here but will not question as I'm certain there is a reason. Love you babe and still can't wait until we are together again.

This would have been our 58th anniversary, but we only made 51 and I'm still here with our son in San Angelo Texas as we had planned on being if this damn cancer had not happened. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you and how you would have enjoyed it here in the warm weather as you hated the cold as you got older. You remain 70 and I'm 79 now and still wondering why I was left here but will not question as I'm certain there is a reason. Love you babe and still can't wait until we are together again.

This is birthday number 7 that I've celebrated without you and you would have turned 77 today but you will always be 70 in my mind as that is how old you were when you passed and I still miss you every day. I know that someday I will be by your side again and we can continue this journey together and I look forward to that day.

This is the 6th anniversary of your passing and I'm still here with our son in San Angelo Texas as we had planned on being if this damn cancer had not happened. There isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about you and how you would have enjoyed it here in the warm weather as you hated the cold as you got older. You remain 70 and I'm 79 now and still wondering why I was left here but will not question as I'm certain there is a reason. Love you babe and still can't wait until we are together again.

This is birthday number 6 that I've lived without you, you would have been 76 today, but will remain forever 70 as I continue to age without you at my side. I still believe we will be together one day and await that day. We all miss you babe and pray that everything is going fine for you and all of our friends a relatives that are there and love you very much every day.

This marks the 5th anniversary of your passing and I still wonder why you had to go and I'm still here, God must have a reason for my staying. I still miss you with every passing day and no one can ever come close to replacing your love for me and mine for you. I'm 78 now and you will always remain at 70 in my eyes although I remember you at 19 and how hard you worked to make our little house a home, love you so very much babe until we meet again.

This is birthday number 5 that I've lived without you, you would have been 75 today, but will remain forever 70 as I continue to age without you at my side. I still beleive that we will be together one day and await that day. We all miss you babe and pray that everything is going fine for you and love you so very much every day.

It's been four years since you passed from this life and I still remember the day that you did as sure as if it were yesterday, doesn't seem possible that I'll never hear your sweet voice again here on earth. I will always miss you until we meet again and still live you so very much. I pray every day that you are resting in peace and that one day of God's choosing, we will meet again for all eternity, love you, Babe.

This is the forth birthday of yours that we've missed together, as I wrote last year, I get older and you remain 70. I still miss you as much as the day you left this world and still pray that we will be back together some day. Love you Babe and miss you so much.

You have been gone three years ago today, doesn't seem possible that I've made it without you, thanks to our boys I have so far, I love you more with each passing day if that is possible, love you babe.

This is the third birthday that we've missed being together, I get older and you remain for ever 70. I miss you Babe and pray to rejoin you someday, Love You Babe.

Today is the 2nd anniversary of your passing and it seems like yesterday when those beautiful eyes closed for the last time. I berlieve that I miss you more with each passing day, Love you babe.

Dorothy and I first met in Hays,Kansas on June 16, 1963, eloped on June 27, 1963 and were married in Denver, Colorado June 28, 1963. I knew by the 2nd date that this was the girl that I wanted to come home to for the rest of my life. I lost my father in February 1966 and Dorothy lost hers in April 1970, we had our first of two sons in February 1970 and neither of our sons ever knew a grandfather. We tried to help our mothers, mine moved across the street from us and lived there until she passed 21 years after my father. We transferred with my employment 2 years before she passed, and her mother spent the last 10 months of her life living with us in south Texas. We tried to help both of them as much as possible and I'm certain that they appreciated it. Dorothy was a very giving person and people liked that in her, always helping others. We transferred to Farmington, New Mexico in 2003 and she passed on December 20, 2014 at home in Farmington, we had 51 1/2 years of wedded bliss before the good Lord called her home.