Tag: Widower
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Life in the hermit hovel

You’ve heard of the Hermit Kingdom, land of a dictator, well, I live in the hermit hovel, an old bungalow with a cat and countless mice.
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An Amendment to the Laws of Death

It is too early to sleep and I can’t concentrate to read, so I think about the structure of my Amendment to the Laws of Death.
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Weeds of madness

Prolonged bereavement—Page from patient diary—CONFIDENTIAL provided by Dr Wilhelm Michelob, Einrichtung für Psychiatrie, Vienna.
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Where are you?

My plan for these years was to grow old with my wife. When she went before me, it hit me sideways because being quite a bit older I expected to “go first.”
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Life after death
“I can’t help you anymore,” she said. This surprised me. I was expecting more of a Jesus-type commitment to my cause. In any case my spiritual quest ended on a dark cul-de-sac to nowhere.
