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I posted a tribute to her on my Facebook page. (As much as I loathe Facebook, it’s useful at times like this.

“I am surrounded by her presence, yet I deeply feel her absence. Suzanne and I are so completely intertwined that people say “Suzanne and Tim” as if it were one word, as if it were one person.

“Next month would have been our 32nd wedding anniversary and we were together about five years before that, so she spent more than half her life with me, and I with her. I do not know how to navigate life without her.
The things that we did together are just not as much fun. It was even fun to go grocery shopping with Suzanne, even though she had to lean on the grocery cart due to a bad hip. I was constantly telling her to do something about her hip. This wasn’t what I had in mind.

“I was deeply, fervently in love with her; I still am. My hear is breaking. Yet through the shock, grief, and tears, I give thanks, I give thanks, I give thanks for a joyous 37 years together. Thank you, my love. We will be together again. I’ll take care of things till then.”