Patrick Swayze‘s wife, Lisa Niemi, speaks up for the first time about her relationship with the late actor, who recently died from pancreatic cancer, in a special appearance to promote the book ‘The Time Of My Life’ on Good Morning America on Tuesday (November 3).

“I’m a lucky woman to have had him,” Niemi told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts today. “We’ve had an incredible life together, and we got to really see that.”

“I’m hanging in there,” Niemi said, adding that she’s still “riding that wave” of grief. “When I’m good, I’m good … but I forget that two hours earlier I was dissolved on the floor.”

This book written by Lisa and Patrick celebrates the life of the actor. There is only one final chapter that addresses the trials and tribulations of Patrick’s battle against pancreatic cancer but it does not cover his death.

Lisa prefers to recall good memories of their life together like how it was like falling for Patrick, an amazing dancer with a Casanova reputation. “I was still intrigued by this mysterious, beautiful girl, but she acted as cool as ever to me,” Swayze wrote. “But then came the moment we first danced together on stage. And suddenly, everything changed.”

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