My Lover's gone.

It was a perfect day for a funeral. Sky's black, a slight drizzle every thing was like it was in the movies except one thing. Liam Beckett, her husband was dead.

He died at dawn 3 day's ago, right before his 20th birthday. He had died of an un-expected side affect of the Chemo treatments for the leukemia.

On their honey moon he had said "who ever dies first should make a paradise in the ocean and wait for the other that way we can life for eternity in clam beauty."

"How will we get there?" I had asked.

"A ship of course, a beautiful one covered in roses."

"What color?"

"All colors imaginable."

The night he died he had kissed her and said, "don't worry, whatever happens I'll meet you in the ocean paradise."

She knew that kiss would be her last, never would she be able to kiss another.

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5 years ago around Christmas he had told her something, "we each sing our own tune, when we fell in love those tunes mixed together into an awesome harmony," then he sang to her. "The holly and the Ivy entwined around a tree bring special meaning to this time of sharing hope and peace, Deep and green are the leaves, berries red and bright together cry a king is born a king is born tonight. Sing hosanna for the wonder sing hosanna day and night for the mystery of the ivory and the holly berry bright." Then she joined in, " in the forest the fairest tree Ivy climes through out its branches ever circling never free..." At the end of the song he said. "See what I mean?"

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ON the tombstone it read 'we'll meet you in the ocean. Love Ellen, and your kids; Aubrey, Ryan, Faith, Holly, and Patrick. Good beloved father and devoted husband.'

Liam in his life had 2 twins, Aubrey and Ryan, and Holly faith and Patrick. When he died his twins were 15, his daughters 13 and 12, and little Patrick was 5.


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