Life is so different without my shinning light, my only true friend and the love of half of my existence. I will always consider our 36 years together the best, and most important years of our lives. From our beginning in 1985, we played and laughed and grew together but I knew of her medical history, some of the challenges of her past, and how Miranda would have to travel a rough road that would require doctors, surgeries and treatments until the end. The last doctor said "we'll have to remove her tailbone, and even that isn't guaranteed to stop the pain." "No" was her answer, and then, three times to the ER with pneumonia, once with a 104.4 temperature... COVID had overrun hospitals, the attention to her was far from normal or adequate. "Let me go", she said one day. I've had enough, was the message and one month later she left us in the middle of the night. Her choice. So hard to accept and impossible to reverse. Now, her ever present smile greets me every morning & night thanks to the wonderful honeymoon photo I took in New York City before the boat ride around Manhattan. She would want us all to carry on and make the best of life without her, so I work, and respond to the needs of clients and students. The hole in my heart will never be filled, but I am so eternally grateful for our memories, her precious smile and the photos that will always remind us all of my Miranda.
