This is the last entry in Kate's caringbridge.com site.

Kate was born in Shawano, Wisconsin.  She was the oldest of four children:  Kate, Julie, Mike and Jim.  She excelled at sports and academics.  

After her first marriage ended in divorce, she moved to Houston and shortly got a job at The MITRE Corporation.  

She was working there at MITRE when I met her.  I was at a technical conference (the 1992 International Information Security Association conference) and met her when she substituted for her friend Emily in running a session.

I noticed her during the session and introduced myself after the session was over.  "Hello,  I'm David  Bell.   I used to work at MITRE."  She responded "Yes, I know."

We talked.  We had dinner.  I flew home and wrote my first poem for her.  And 368 days after we met, we got married.

We were married at Home Moravian Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  She was a beautiful bride.  She had iris, baby's breath, and white roses in her wedding bouquet.  

We were happily married for over 27 years.  

Her death was sudden and left me devastated.

I continued our unfinished projects:  new roof, solar panels on the roof, and remodeling the master bathroom.  Then I continued our retirement plan and moved to Salemtowne, the Moravian retirement home.  

I miss her everyday.  There are so many memories to make me smile or make me scream.

I love you, Kate.  I will always love you.