A/N: The premise: Bella is 77 years old and dying. This is assuming she and Edward married, and she was not transformed into a vampire. Please review!!!

My wonderful Edward,

I write to you now not with a heavy heart, but a heart that has seen so much joy in its short life that it feels like singing. This is what you have done to me—what every day, week, month, and year being with you has done to me.

Seventy-seven years seems like a long time to so many. But in reality, it's a terribly short time to spend with the ones you love. And yet, I am not unhappy to be leaving this life. Instead, I am eternally grateful for each minute I have spent with you, short as they may seem.

I still find it hard to believe that a person as wonderful as you could ever love me half as much as you love me. Lucky, lucky Bella, I tell myself, to have someone as wonderful as you. And as I look over at you now, playing my lullaby, I marvel at your beauty. Not just your outer beauty, but your inner beauty as well. You have the most beautiful soul I have ever had the fortune to come across. Most would be insanely lucky to have half as much soul as you, though I am sure you doubt it. You aren't a monster, Edward. You are a person. One of the most wonderful people in the world.

I'm suddenly understanding why people sometimes cry out "I'm too young to die!" I suddenly feel very old—not from looking at you and your family, but from all the wonderful memories I've managed to collect over the years. I feel like I have so much life still left in me—though my time is coming soon. It probably already has, if you're reading this now. But don't worry for me, Edward; I'm not afraid of death. I've had a happy, long life, and that's more than what most people get.

As for Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, Esme, and Carlisle; tell them I love them, and I'm so thankful for all they've done for me. I am so grateful to have known each of them; they have truly made me a better person.

I love you, Edward, more than anyone has ever loved before. You are the sun that lights my day; the moon that illuminates my night.

I just have one last request for you: please don't do anything stupid after I'm gone. The last thing I want is for you and your family to be split apart. Besides, I know I'll see you soon. And until then, I'll be dreaming of you, like always.

Eternally yours,

Bella