04-25-2011, 10:10 AM
Adam found a letter Summer wrote shortly after they found her. He posted it on FB for everyone to read.
Most of you know by now that Summer left me a note. I found this note on Friday after we found her. I had been praying and wishing all day Friday that I could hear her tell me that she loved me one more time, that I did enough for her, that she was truely happy. Friday night as I was putting the kids to bed, the paper picture of Summer we had hung up in the kids room had ripped, and nobody could find tape for me to fix it. Something told me to look in Summer's bedside drawer, inside I found a roll of tape and under the tape I found this letter. I know that she left this note for me, to give me peace, and grant my wish. I will forever hold these words close to my heart. I hope they touch everyone who reads these words. They have no date or title, but they were penned with love and adoration.
"How do you know true love is real. Is it the way they look at you, the way they talk to you, the way they touch you? Is it the way they treat you? Or maybe just purely a connection you feel for each other. Is there any way to know for sure. I'm sure many people have often wondered this same thing. Some probably asked around hoping for an answer while others simply sat and pondered the question. What IS true love?, and is it real? I suppose there is no for sure way to know. Some would say yes while others say no. I've often wondered myself, going back and forth not sure. In some aspects it seems like and obtainable thing wheareas in others it seems so unrealistic you wonder why we even try.
If I were asked my opinion I would say that the answer is yes and no. True love I do belive exists, but only to those who allow it to happen to them. Now why wouldn't someone want it to happen you may ask. It's simple really. Some people try so hard to look for it that they look past it and don't realize it when it's right in front of them while others see the possibility of true love and get scared and run away. Scared that they may be wrong and get hurt in the end or that it may not last. How many times have you thought that you were in love and then been wrong? Several I'm sure, it's easy to get caught up in the motions of a relationship and how we think we should feel and how we think we should act that we don't listen to what our heart is telling us anymore.
So for the people that do believe in true love and do think it's an obtainable thing, how do you know when it's real? Are there signs you should look for, warning signs that it may not be real? It seems this world is set on making signs for everything. There is always something we should be looking for good or bad. I believe in true love there are no signs. It's not something you foresee or can look for, it's something you feel. Is it in the way they look at you...yes. You can tell alot about someone when they look at you. Your body goes through all kinds if emotions, happieness, fear, self-conciousness, guilt. So how do they make you feel. Is it in the way they talk to you and treat you...yes. No one ever said being in love was easy but it's not something you should have to work for either. Especially if one of you isn't willing to work for it.
Is it in the way they touch you. How does it make you feel? I did often wonder what true love really was and if it was obtainable. Fact or fiction. But I believe now more than ever that it is obtainable and that it is very real. How is that you may ask? Because I have found it. I found it in the way He looks at me with unjudging eyes and compassion. It's in the way that he talks to me with respect and equality. It's in the way he touches me with strong gentle hands and it's in the way he treats me with love and patience. How could that be anything other than TRUE LOVE?"
The capitalized words were underlined in the letter. I hope that Summer's words will touch so many others as they have touched me. I now have no doubt that I gave Summer everything I could, even though I already knew that, she gave me assurance of that. She was the love of my life, and I hers. Even now she watches over me and our children, with that same love and adoration she always gave me and them. I love you Summer.
Most of you know by now that Summer left me a note. I found this note on Friday after we found her. I had been praying and wishing all day Friday that I could hear her tell me that she loved me one more time, that I did enough for her, that she was truely happy. Friday night as I was putting the kids to bed, the paper picture of Summer we had hung up in the kids room had ripped, and nobody could find tape for me to fix it. Something told me to look in Summer's bedside drawer, inside I found a roll of tape and under the tape I found this letter. I know that she left this note for me, to give me peace, and grant my wish. I will forever hold these words close to my heart. I hope they touch everyone who reads these words. They have no date or title, but they were penned with love and adoration.
"How do you know true love is real. Is it the way they look at you, the way they talk to you, the way they touch you? Is it the way they treat you? Or maybe just purely a connection you feel for each other. Is there any way to know for sure. I'm sure many people have often wondered this same thing. Some probably asked around hoping for an answer while others simply sat and pondered the question. What IS true love?, and is it real? I suppose there is no for sure way to know. Some would say yes while others say no. I've often wondered myself, going back and forth not sure. In some aspects it seems like and obtainable thing wheareas in others it seems so unrealistic you wonder why we even try.
If I were asked my opinion I would say that the answer is yes and no. True love I do belive exists, but only to those who allow it to happen to them. Now why wouldn't someone want it to happen you may ask. It's simple really. Some people try so hard to look for it that they look past it and don't realize it when it's right in front of them while others see the possibility of true love and get scared and run away. Scared that they may be wrong and get hurt in the end or that it may not last. How many times have you thought that you were in love and then been wrong? Several I'm sure, it's easy to get caught up in the motions of a relationship and how we think we should feel and how we think we should act that we don't listen to what our heart is telling us anymore.
So for the people that do believe in true love and do think it's an obtainable thing, how do you know when it's real? Are there signs you should look for, warning signs that it may not be real? It seems this world is set on making signs for everything. There is always something we should be looking for good or bad. I believe in true love there are no signs. It's not something you foresee or can look for, it's something you feel. Is it in the way they look at you...yes. You can tell alot about someone when they look at you. Your body goes through all kinds if emotions, happieness, fear, self-conciousness, guilt. So how do they make you feel. Is it in the way they talk to you and treat you...yes. No one ever said being in love was easy but it's not something you should have to work for either. Especially if one of you isn't willing to work for it.
Is it in the way they touch you. How does it make you feel? I did often wonder what true love really was and if it was obtainable. Fact or fiction. But I believe now more than ever that it is obtainable and that it is very real. How is that you may ask? Because I have found it. I found it in the way He looks at me with unjudging eyes and compassion. It's in the way that he talks to me with respect and equality. It's in the way he touches me with strong gentle hands and it's in the way he treats me with love and patience. How could that be anything other than TRUE LOVE?"
The capitalized words were underlined in the letter. I hope that Summer's words will touch so many others as they have touched me. I now have no doubt that I gave Summer everything I could, even though I already knew that, she gave me assurance of that. She was the love of my life, and I hers. Even now she watches over me and our children, with that same love and adoration she always gave me and them. I love you Summer.