To All:

The following is lyrics from what is/was Heather & my song. I used to sing along to it for her many a time, though to my regret not too recently. Maybe you will be surprised at how something so powerful could come from a Metallica song, but I hope you were never surprised at how wonderful, how loving, how giving & how special a person Heather was.

I have never heard a song that so completely evoked what Heather & I felt for each other, and I have no doubt that I will always have a tear in my eye whenever this song is played in the future.

Every experience in life teachs us something. Besides being the first time I have experienced the loss of someone so dear & close to me, hopefully I can take away the lesson that one should never miss an opportunity to tell those that you love, that you love them, as I will always regret not telling Heather more often.

If I had not been so 'busy' living from day to day, and thinking that Heather & I would be there in the future, perhaps I would have been there more for her, to tell her that.

I can only be grateful that not only was Heather such an extremely special & loving person, but that she had faith in her love for me, our love & my love for her.

I used to think, wow I've known Heather for 3+ years. Now I think, I only got to know Heather for 3+ years. She was the best thing that ever happened to me.

To Heather:

Dearest Heather,

I guess I should have called you that more often, as you were my dearest Heather. As I have always told you, I have always felt that I could never express myself clearly in words. If something could have been said in a sentence, I would end up saying it in a essay. Or I would use a well worn cliche or saying. To help me out, I am 'borrowing' phrases or paragraphs from songs that remind me of you or us together, including 'our' song.

You have always been so open and free with your love. Even when you knew I felt 'uncomfortable' because I did not believe I could reciprocate as much as you had given me, and thus chose to 'dampen' your feelings for me, I always knew they were there.

What I did not want to admit until now was that there were there inside of me as well. Maybe I knew all along but was too scared to share. Maybe I feared that I could not give you all that you gave me.

But I know now that:

I promise that I will never forget you.
I promise that I will never stop loving you.
I promise that I will never see Titanic without you.

and I promise that when I come to visit you at your resting place, that I will sing you our song, as well as a couple others that will always express how I feel about you.