Missing You

When you lose a wife and a lifelong friend, you find things to keep you busy, so you don’t always think about her. You tell yourself it is time to move on. I am fortunate that I have hobbies and other things I can still do and healthy to be able to do some of them. When it is too hot outside, I can always read or write articles for my blog. Most days, I read about things that caught my attention and write about things that I can’t seem to get off my mind.

When I pick up something to move it, a memory will pop into my head about Eva at a point in time. Maybe it was someplace or some event or just a discussion. When that happens, it does not make me sad. I am grateful that I have so many memories of the years we shared. Even those we would have liked to have not experienced. I think it was Lord Tennyson that said, ‘Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all’.

I have a lot of days when I am alone, but I always have memories to keep me company. For some reason, I thought of this song, and it made me want to write this today.

Missin’ you
Well, I wake up every mornin’
Throw some water on my face
I look up in the mirror
I can see that nothing’s changed

I don’t know why I go to bed
‘Cause I never sleep a wink
All I do without you here
Is lie awake and think

Missin’ you
Every night, I call your name
Missin’ you
Every day the same old thing

Missin’ you
Oh, what else can I do?
The sun comes up, the sun goes down
And I’m still missin’ you

I went to church last Sunday
And I got down on my knees
I sent up a prayer just askin’ please
Just to send down a little peace

You know, lately I just walk the line
To occupy my time
But I end up where I started from
With you back on my mind

Missin’ you
Every night, I call your name
Missin’ you
Every day the same old thing

Missin’ you
Oh, what else can I do?
The sun comes up, the sun goes down
And I’m still missin’ you

The sun comes up, the sun goes down
And I’m still missin’ you

By Charley Pride – Missin’ You