Rovi D.

Aguilar
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To my beloved,

I pray that you are well. Not a day passes that I do not think of
you, of your angelic smile. 'Twas what caught my attention that warm
afternoon in August. Yes, I remember it as clear as day, still. You were
talking with your friends about something I presumed was amusing
enough for you to conjure up such a wonderful sight. I almost did not
notice my hat being carried by the wind to your direction. But, I suppose
you were the culprit. You distracted me!

I went to chase after my hat when you caught it and brought it

back to me. I looked up to properly thank you and that was when I
finally saw it, the stars in your eyes. I must have looked like a fool
staring straight into your eyes. Nevertheless, you told me your name
and I told you mine. And from that moment on, it seemed we have never
been able to stay apart. It did not help that you were our new neighbor
and that our parents got along.

Do you still remember our long walks in the flowering fields?

The birds chirping along to our songs whenever you brought your guitar
with you? What pure bliss. To tell you the truth, it was the first time
you sang to me that I grasped the meaning of it all. The longing I
would always feel when you left for the city, the endless sunshine in my
day when you came to pick me up from school.

I was enamored by you. I had fallen in love with you.

 Though I am still a tad bit upset with your untimely departure,
I am still as lovestruck as always with you. You have given me more
than I could ask for. Three beautiful daughters, a humble home, and a
life worth living. Your efforts will not be in vain, my dear, I assure you.
You left me with a love to last a lifetime. That is why, tomorrow, you
will be my inspiration. I will tell the world the kind of man you were.
You know me better than anyone and you know I tend to wear my heart
on my sleeves. Fear not, love. I will only share what is necessary. I will
try, is what I mean. But, do you not want people to know the other half
of me?

I see you every day in my children's eyes and it makes me ache.

But, it also puts me at ease because I know that you are always with
me.

I will never forget your words to me that night we made our

vows. I asked you if you will love me until the day I die. And you said,

"Much longer than that, my love. Much longer."

I love you, Leo. And I miss you.

Your beloved