From Linda Watkins
I want to thank Steve Walker, the OTH group, and fellow officers and friends of my husband for all the support and loving memories of Jim. We are doing ok. Saturday will be difficult but Jim will be with us all to get us through this like he always has. I want you all to know his passing was relatively fast and somewhat painless which for me is the best blessing of all. Also, Jim and I had discussed organ donation. My husband has been able to help over 200 people (and their families) with his most generous donation.
It goes without saying, I will always miss my husband holding my hand or kissing me goodnight but he left me something that will be with me all my life, love in my heart and his wonderful friends and our family to check in on me once in a while to be sure all is well, this will make each day bareable.
I would like to share with you what I believe to be his last writing. The day I got home, I found this hand written page on his desk next to his glasses. To quote my husband “In police work we call that a clue” lol. I believe these are things he had learned or heard through his life that had touch him and he needed to share.
If you want to believe in something,
Then believe it.
Just because something isn’t true,
That’s no reason you can’t believe it.
Sometimes the things that may or may not be true
Are the things a man needs to believe in the most
1. People are basically good
2. Honor, courage & virtue mean everything
3. The power in money or the money in power mean nothing
4. Good always triumps over evil
5. True Love Never Dies
A man should believe in those things because those are the things worth believing in.
Again thank you so much for caring. Blessings for each of you over this holiday season and in the coming year.
Linda Watkins
Jim Watkins wife forever
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