Bereavement

If I had lost my wife at age 49, I would have been a wreck. We are the same age, and she had her first battle with cancer at age 49.

Age 52 is a milestone for me, too, as only two very alert and capable cardiologists saved me from sharing your husband‘s fate at that age. It is due to them that I‘m here at all, 17 years later. I hope for you that in time, you can find new companionship, but I know too well how easily that is said, and how difficult it must be to accomplish. If I were to lose my wife tomorrow, I know I wouldn‘t want to remain alone for the rest of my life, but any woman who tried to take her place would be assigned an unfair, impossible task.

I hope you have enough time left to accomplish that, because at this early stage, it will seem like, well, an unfair and impossible task.

I can only wish you the best in coping, no matter in which direction it may lead you.