Tom Fiore

A Message from Louise (Fiore) Cheves
Tom was a true man of God. He was a gift from God to me. When I was leaving LDM I cried out to God in thankfulness for the opportunity for being there. The Lord revealed to me then that I would come to know the great God who gave me the gift of Tom. Tom was a true servant. As Chloe Lovejoy put it, "A man who always had a baby in his arms."

The last hour of Tom's death he spoke to the two older girls, telling them to Grow with God. Rebecca the oldest one told me years later that he also said, "Be good to your mom".

When I heard the paramedics say, "He's not breathing and we don't have a pulse", I broke down crying hysterical and asked the Lord to bring him back; we needed him. The Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, "He was saying goodbye by the steps". Then I remembered the look Tom gave me when he was being carried down by the ambulance crew. He said, "I love you and I don't want to leave you". It was our 15th year anniversary from when we met and we were going to celebrate but the Lord had different plans, to celebrate Tom's homecoming.

They said grief brings a stage of anger but the only anger I went through was with myself for not fully appreciating what I had. I cried out to the Lord to send a message to Tom that I was sorry. I didn't know. I would have done this, I wouldn't have done that, if I had known our time would be so short. My hopes and dreams of growing old together crumbled in a moment.

Then a Willie Nelson song came on the radio. The words went something like this... I'm sorry for the times I didn't tell you. I knew the Lord was telling me Tom was sorry too. Immediately I was healed from my guilt! A part of me has died with Tom, but I look forward to the reunion with my precious LDM family to feel the love and bond as I once did in times past.

Love Always, Louise