This is a Christmas card I received from Melinda the year we got married;     Melinda and her mom, October 2005           Maybe Tomorrow. Immortality "Are you looking down upon me, are you proud of who I am?" I know there is beauty in all this pain. There has to be. Heaven Only Knows One of my many tributes to Melinda is entitled "The Letter." I heard this new song by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss and it just 'blew me away.' Comments like these are humbling; The Letter Billypinard: "One of the most heartfelt showings of love and  sadness I have ever seen and heard. I just became engaged and I will use this Vbeachy as a reminder and a blueprint for what I can only hope, dream and work real hard at to share with my future wife. God Bless, Thank you." Here I Am Melancholy It Hurts Fare Thee Well Faith Hill provides the wonderful music for this Melinda Tribute photo movie. it is still tough for me to put these together, but I find the subject (Melinda) easy because of how much I loved her and how utterly void my world seems without her in it.   Going through a box I hadn't touched in over a year, I came across this gem (written by Melinda while she was lying on a beach in Aruba). Click on the picture for a larger version) Melinda raking leaves at our house on Wellsville Road

No amount of therapy in the world can prepare one for this;

The SOS Bill of Rights

Melinda's smile hypnotized me

Melinda Ann Beachy October 8th, 1961 - June 2nd, 2006

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I put together another photo movie dedicated to Melinda's memory. This one is called Melinda's Iris. Click on the picture to view it on my YouTube page.

This next one I called "Rockabye Melinda"

The following three photo stories are the same sequence of pictures, but set to different music. Different emotions.

I haven't done this in some time...make a PhotoStory. I am always inspired to put these together, and it helps me get through some tough times.

Frank Sinatra lends his voice to this piece I call "Autumn."

You can view my Photostory called "Autumn" here.

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Always Remembered

I got an ornament with a poem from my sister-in-law, Donetta. It hits home.

James 1:12 (New International Version)

Our house was, indeed, a Home.

I have the saying on this site: "Nobody gets MS until they get MS." Well, Melinda "got" MS. She knew what I needed before I knew that I needed it. Period.

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Melinda and I really liked the Tigerlily CD, and I especially liked this song. Click on the title to listen and know why I always thought of Melinda when it played.

NATALIE MERCHANT LYRICS

"Beloved Wife"

You were the love
For certain of my life
You were simply my beloved wife
I don't know for certain
How I'll live my life
Now alone without my beloved wife
My beloved wife
...

Here is the story behind the music of Sarah McLaughlin: Melinda and I went our separate ways in 1990, but reconnected in 1995 when I moved to Little Rock. She invited me to the Sarah concert at Mud Island in Memphis on a rather hot and muggy day in July.

That day at work saw me reporting from the scene of a homicide. I was sweating heavily in the 100+ degree heat and the subject was, of course, less-than-pleasant. In driving to Memphis a front came through and a nice wind blew and the temp was 75 for the outdoor concert. The day started out poorly, but ended on a very high note.

Great music, great weather and sitting next to my soul mate is a memory ingrained in my mind. That's the moment I knew we would be back together.

Maybe tomorrow I'll find my way home...

01/19/2012