RIP Sheri Lynne Thomson

 Thank you for sharing your life with me as my wife, friend and lover for the past 19 years. I created this blog to share my experience with Sheri. I may use this as my outlook to continue to talk to Sheri. 

Sheri called me her best friend and I am honored for that title along with being her husband. She shared her life with me and I paid attention to what made her happy and tried to do as many little things to keep her happy. I enjoyed surprising her with something thoughtful that I knew she would appreciate. I felt bad when I forgot to get something from time to time, but maybe I was hard on myself because many times she didn't tell me what she wanted or needed due to the migraine headaches she had.

I am thankful that Sheri always treated me with love, caring and respect. She and her daughter shared with me that she was mean with others before me. We never had a fight or even an argument. We did have an occasional disagreement, but so many times she shared with me how to look at a situation in someone else's shoes or would calm me down from time to time. 

Sheri was over protective and wanted to be mindful of not costing too much money to the point it felt embarrassing that she would order something based on the price when we went out to eat. Unfortunately Sheri did this with her personal care avoiding to go to the hospital when she needed to because she "couldn't afford the bill" or not taking a pain reliever or medication on a timely basis that would relieve her discomfort. I could not make her do it most of the time as I nagged her when she wasn't feeling well.

We spoke about how long before pulling the plug if one of us went to a vegetable state and we agreed at least 30 days to give that person a chance. But we also didn't want to continue life in a diminished state like that. It was a relief when the nurse told me that the law requires a brain dead test by 2 different doctors and I could tell you were no longer there. 

I was relieved that your family agreed that we can help others with your organs. As your son said, "she will continue to live through other people." I always felt like your name was Sheri because you continued to SHARE everything you had. Thank you for sharing your life with me and thank you for sharing your life through your organ donations to others. We didn't discuss it, but I could see you saying "Yeah, I don't need them if I can't recover. Let them take what ever they can to help others."

Despite feeling good about helping others, I just hope it breathes peace for your soul and spirit. Please continue to check on our cats Sammy and your Midnight as we will comfort each other in your physical absence. I will always miss giving you "Magic Kisses."