A Love That Hurts...The Loss Of A Wife

I was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy on April 20, 1988. Exactly 30 days later, Friday, May 20th, I met a beautiful girl. Her name, Kimberly Jones. She was 17 years old. I was 21. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever met. We met in Cullman, Alabama, at Smith Lake Park. The next day I asked her out but she already had a date. Thinking she was just saying that lol ti avoid going out with Me I went about My life. Then one day in July I came home to My parents' home, where I was living at the time, and My Dad gave a telephone number he had written down and told to please call this girl because she has been calling all day long. :)
Needless to say, I happily called the number and it was Kimmi (Kimberly's nickname).

We talked. You know in 1988 we didn't have cell phones. It was land lines. So we planned Our first date. And on July 18, 1988, We went to Century Plaza and walked around the shopping mall. We had a blast! She was funny. A bubbly personality. We began dating then and on August 5th, I told her I loved her.
On October 4, 1988, I proposed and to My surprise she said yes. We were inseparable basically from the time we began dating.

In the Sprng of 1989, Kimmi's Senior year, We went to her Senior Prom.

And she graduated Hayden High School

Later that graduation night We went to eat.

1989 was Our Summer of Love that never ended. Then on October 12, 1989, Kimmi did Me the honor of giving Me her hand in marriage.
We lived life. Kimmi was the Proverbial Wife. Absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. She saw Me through college at Birmingham-Southen and then law school. She gave Me two beautiful children.

We laughed, We cried. We saw life together and as the Bible says We became as One.
Kimmi loved halloween.

Oh the fun We had.

Then, on September 19, 2009, She was coming home from taking Our Son to My parent's home 10 miles from Our's when She was hit head on by a woman under the influence of drugs. That was 23 days before Our 20th wedding anniversary. She never regained consciousness. She stayed in a coma until her death on October 2nd. She was buried on October 4th. The day I buried My love was exactly 21 years from the day I proposed. Exactly the same time of day.

My world came to an abrupt end. My best friend, lover, wife and Mother of Our children was taken at the age of 38. I took in badly. Very badly. I went through a long spell of depression. I wanted to die. 8 days after her burial and on Our 20th wedding anniversary I stood at the foot of her grave with sorrow and anger in My heart. That's been almost 7 years. The pain doesn't hurt so much, yet it hurts. I've not remarried. As a matter of fact, relationships are hard for Me. Not because Im looking for someone to fill her void. Relationships are just hard.
Below are some other pictures of My love. I hope You enjoyed My sorrows. Sorry it's so sad. Her absence has left Me with a lifetime of priceless memories.

This article is dedicated to the life and memory of Kimberly "Kimmi" Denette Jones Colley (1970-2009)

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