Four years after Shirley T.\’s husband died, the anniversary of his death was more painful than she could have anticipated. She spent the day before cooking the foods he loved and somehow navigated emotionally through the anniversary itself.
I\’m always hearing about a surplus of widows and divorced women, but recently I realized that I have been meeting widowers.
Time does move on. When Irwin Greenfield\’s wife died 16 years ago, he figured he had two choices: either stay alone behind closed doors curled up on his couch or get out and mingle with the rest of the world. He chose the latter, and he hasn\’t looked back.
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