Losing the "Love of My Life"

We We weren't married... We hadn't lived together for years and years... However, we were everything to each other. We had 4 years of being a couple.... 13 years of being best friends. The connection was, and is, sooo deep. We were best friends, partners, companions, lovers. Rich went into the hospital in September 2011. He ended up needing open heart surgery, to replace his aortic vakve. Initially, surgery seemed successful. However, many complications occurred, which lead to many subsequent hospitalizatiins. Eventually, it was discovered that Rich was experiencing kidney failure, and needed dialysis. This kept him alive for 2 months. However, on March 29, 2012, dialysis was no longer tolerated, and he passed on, leaving my arms and this Earth. However, Rich still remains in my heart, as he always will!