I still miss Smokey after 1 year 5 months. I probably always will.

I still miss Smokey very much after one year and five months.  I probably always will. The last few days I have been missing him so very much.  Dave is a nice man and I am lucky to be dating him.  Dave is not my Smokey.  The connection & love that Smokey and I shared can't be compared to anything or anyone.  I wonder if I will ever find anything like that again in my life.  I am not holding my breath on that score.  I feel like I was blessed by God to have Smokey come into my life in 1999 and leave in 2009.  I was blessed to have Smokey in my life for ten years and know what it is like to find the "love of your life."  Too bad he was taken away too soon for my liking.  He was no saint either and I am a realist.  He had his good points and bad points.  We did argue from time to time.  Despite all these things, we had the greatest relationship in both of our lives and would not have changed it for anything in this world that is for sure.  Smokey was gone too soon.
This is my reflection on my wonderful relationship with Smokey from Diane Baillie