WHAT IS LOVE? LOVE IS A WARM HUG EVERYDAY JUST WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST. LOVE IS TENDER GOODNIGHT KISSES BEFORE FALLING ASLEEP IN HIS ARMS. LOVE IS HEARING THE WORDS"I LOVE YOU" EVERYDAY AT RANDOM FOR NO SPECIAL REASON. LOVE IS FRESH FLOWERS PICKED FROM THE GARDEN AND PRESENTED TO YOU FIRST THING IN THE MORNING WITH A SMILE AND A KISS. LOVE IS BREAKFAST IN BED EVERYDAY FOR MORE THAN 9 YEARS. LOVE IS WATCHING A FATHER AND HIS GROWN SONS BEHAVING LIKE TWO KIDS, LAUGHING, TEASING, AND HAVING FUN. LOVE COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. SOMETIMES WE MAKE THE MISTAKE OF TAKING LOVE FOR GRANTED. INSTEAD WE SHOULD ALWAYS CHERISH EVERY DAY, EVERY HUG, KISS, AND SOFT TOUCH. YOU NEVER KNOW WHICH ONE WILL BE THE LAST. GORDON WAS A WONDERFUL MAN WHO LOVED DEEPLY AND WAS DEEPLY LOVED. HE LEAVES BEHIND FOUR SONS, THE GREATEST OF MEN, WHO WERE HIS PRIDE AND JOY, A BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER, HIS LITTLE PRINCESS, HIS GRANDCHILDREN WERE STARS IN HIS CROWN, BROTHERS AND SISTERS THAT ALL HAD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HIS HEART, AND MYSELF, HIS WIFE, THE MOST PAMPERED WOMAN OF ALL TIME. SINCE HIS PASSING I HAVE REPEATEDLY HEARD THE WORDS "I KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO LOSE A FAMILY MEMBER BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE LOSING A SOULMATE". TO THESE PEOPLE I SAY--THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN THE MOST GUT WRENCHING, HEART BREAKING EXPERIENCE THAT I COULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED.THEY SAY IT IS BETTER TO HAVE LOVED AND LOST THEN TO NEVER HAVE LOVED AT ALL. I WOULDN'T KNOW. HE IS THE ONLY MAN I HAVE EVER LOVED. NOW THAT I HAVE LOST HIM, LIFE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ITS GOING TO BE TOO MUCH FUN ANYMORE. WHO WILL MAKE ME SMILE FROM CHEEK TO CHEEK WHEN I AM DOWN?WHO WILL TUCK ME IN WHEN I AM TIRED? WHO WILL SING TO ME WHEN I CAN'T SLEEP? FOR 25 YEARS HE DID. I CAN NEVER TOUCH HIM AGAIN. HIS WARM HUGS AND TENDER KISSES ARE FOREVER GONE FROM MY LIFE. HE WAS A MAN LIKE NO OTHER. HE CARED FOR ME IN A WAY THAT CAN NEVER BE DUPLICATED. FAMILY WAS EVERYTHING TO HIM BUT I WAS PUT ON A PEDISTAL--CHERISHED AND PROTECTED. EVEN THOUGH THIS PAST YEAR WAS HARD ON HIM HEALTHWISE, HE GOT THROUGH IT ALL WITH THE LOVE AND SUPPORT OF HIS FAMILY. HE HAD PLANS FOR THE FUTURE AND HIS DEATH WAS QUITE A SHOCK, VERY MUCH UNEXPECTED. HE DIED A HAPPY MAN, HE ALWAYS HAD ONE WISH--WHEN HIS TIME HERE ON EARTH RAN SHORT, HE WANTED TO GO OUT WITH A BANG. THAT YOU DID SWEETHEART, THAT YOU DID. HE LOVED TO MEET AND GREET. EVERYWHERE HE WENT HE LEFT HIS MARK ON THE PEOPLE HE MET. HE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE AND A JOKE AND THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE HE TOUCHED MANY HEARTS. HE HAS FAMILY AND FRIENDS FROM NFLD TO FLORIDA. HE NEVER WANTED ANYBODY TO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY FOR HIM. AFTER TALKING TO SEVERAL PEOPLE WE AGREED NOT TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. INSTEAD, EACH GROUP OF LOVED ONES ARE HAVING THEIR OWN MEMORIAL SERVICE. HE WOULD BE SO HAPPY TO KNOW HE IS BEING HONORED IN SUCH A RESPECTFUL WAY. HE DESERVES IT SO MUCH. THROUGH ALL THE TEARS AND SADNESS THERE IS ONE THING THAT PUTS MY MIND AT EASE. ONCE AGAIN HE IS STANDING BY HIS FATHERS SIDE. HE LOVED BOTH HIS PARENTS VERY DEARLY, BUT HE HAD A SPECIAL BOND WITH HIS FATHER. A VERY POWERFUL LOVE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN BROKEN. TO HIS FATHER I SAY-- PLEASE LOOK AFTER HIM NOW AS YOU DID ON EARTH. REST IN PEACE MY DARLING. MAY YOU ALWAYS BE LONG REMEMBERED AND NEVER FORGOTTEN. YOU WILL BE SADLY MISSED BUT LIVING ON IN MY HEART. Kitty Warford