We lost Prince a year ago and fans, friends, and family have shared countless memories over the course of one year. Mayte Garcia, his first wife even wrote a book about their love story and their love was nothing short of pure and special as seen in this most recent video.
Beautiful Romance
I was 16 when we met and first, we became friends, then we became pen pals, then I sorta became his muse without knowing and then we fell in love and then we got married and it was a beautiful romance…I like to say fairytale because it was romantic and magical and unfortunately…it was a tragic ending, but the love is still there.
Influencing Prince
When I first met him I showed him all the videos of my dancing including ballet and dance, not just the belly dancing, but of course what intrigued him the most was the belly dancing and it was interesting because a couple of years later he would send me cassette tapes with music and I realized that he was putting those notes and rhythms into his music.
Life After Marriage
When I got married, our honeymoon was a show. I thought we were going to go out and relax and it was cute because he was trying to keep me from seeing the posters of him playing—of us playing in Hawaii and I remember performing with him, but that was the last time and I soon got pregnant and I stopped dancing.
Prince and Fatherhood
We never spoke about children when we were dating and when he decided to propose and get married, we didn’t speak about it until the wedding night when he played let’s have a baby and I remember hearing it and saying, o.k. It was something…he liked children, but there weren’t any children around us, we didn’t have friends that had children or anything, but he went full-throttle, he wanted to be a father. From the nursery to the playground, there were so many things that he did that I didn’t expect and he was very excited.
Unimaginable Loss
I remember him trying to get my mind off of it [death of their child] by cracking jokes. It’s one of those situations where it’s out of your hands; you just have to have faith. I remember just waiting and waiting and the horrible moment that happened and it was just for a second. Then we just turned into mama bear and papa bear and we completely had this love for this soul and that love, it hasn’t died and it’s a beautiful…beautiful love.