My Beloved Boyfriend,
I saw you over 30 years ago at our 20 year high school reunion. You still were as handsome as you were when you were 17! I asked about you and wondered why you didn't come to our 50th this weekend in Toledo, Jacque Bergsman and I were walking together on our high school tour reminiscing about old friends on Friday afternoon September 21,2018. I wondered why you didn't come and shared that with her. She stopped our walk and looked at me, "Diana, Tim died in 2016". I was stunned. I had no idea and was angry no one had called me to tell me. I had a heavy heart all weekend.Your picture was on the "The Memorial Wall" for deceased classmates. So surreal...
I carried a piece of you in my heart since we were kids, seniors in high school and since your first year at Western Kentucky and I confess, your Army picture is still with me. My handsome, kind, sweet, wonderful, fearless boyfriend... Tim Wallace is gone. I wish we could have kept in contact but life goes fast and our paths split along the way.
I remember Becky and Cathy. In fact I have Cathy's school picture in my 1968 Whitmer High School yearbook, along with the back page totally filled with your writing of love for me and your hopes for your's and my future.
My dear sweet man, I hope you had a joyful life with your children and family. I pray this brief illness that took you didn't make you suffer. You didn't deserve to suffer. I know you're in heaven. I know you're resting in a the arms of the angels because you were one on earth. We had it tough when we were 17 but we had each other. Now, you are forever passed in this life. I hope we meet again in heaven or on earth in our next life. Rest in sweet peace my dear soul. You will be in my prayers, never forgotten.
Diana Garno