02-11-2024, 11:10 PM
Thank you kindly for your condolences.
I have to confess that I wrote this thinking it best to hide that it was a personal experience. But not because of any sense of shame, or deception; but because I thought the account of the experience stands on its own, without the addition of personal grief.
We had been married for 43 years and were looking forward to more anniversaries to come. I can never do justice to the honor and joy she bestowed upon me by loving me. Our four children lost more than just a loving mother, and I lost more than my best friend and wife... but such stories can't simply be shared without great effort. It was meant to be a cathartic exercise, but instead it quickly proved to be more than I could endure for very long.
I have to confess that I wrote this thinking it best to hide that it was a personal experience. But not because of any sense of shame, or deception; but because I thought the account of the experience stands on its own, without the addition of personal grief.
We had been married for 43 years and were looking forward to more anniversaries to come. I can never do justice to the honor and joy she bestowed upon me by loving me. Our four children lost more than just a loving mother, and I lost more than my best friend and wife... but such stories can't simply be shared without great effort. It was meant to be a cathartic exercise, but instead it quickly proved to be more than I could endure for very long.
