An orange glow filled the sky over Holly, Colorado. It’s the place where Gus Puga and his two kids, 4-year-old Noelia and 8-year-old Gus Junior, call home. "They ask if I want to move away, but I can't run from it," said Gus.

It was around 8 o'clock on March 28, 2007. Gus and Rosemary were in the kitchen of their house when the twister hit.

“It was like two trains. When I heard that, I knew what it was. I grabbed Rosemary and ran in to the living room and grabbed Noelia. I held her in my arms and hugged Rosemary with the other. I turned around, put my head down and hoped for the best, but it didn't work out that way," said Gus.

All three wound up in a tree. Rosemary later died. He lost his wife and his home.

"What keeps me going?” Gus asked. “My kids and my mom."

Through the hardest year of his life, it's the laughter from his kids, especially his daughter, that reminds him of Rosemary. "She’s exactly like Rosemary: attitude-wise, the way she walks, everything about her. It's like I still have her here."

Gus moved in with his mother, Aurelia, who lives just down the street from their old home. She helps with the kids while Gus works. He's trying to save money to turn his old cinderblock foundation into a new home, but this time, "with a basement."

It’ll be a new home where the kids can play with their new puppy, Mimi and start a new life. As the family prepares to move on, Rosemary is never far from Gus' heart. He wears her rings around his neck.

"I miss everything about her."

With each passing sun set, Gus said it's just another day, another day without his Rosemary.

Gus also told 11 News that his son just learned how to wish upon a star. He wished his mother would come back to life. When that didn't come true, he wished for a puppy. Mimi, the Chihuahua is his wish come true.