Re: The greeting cards. W saved them all. B-day, Anniversary, Holiday, Get Well, Just Things of You. After sitting out for a couple of weeks, she would put them in a trunk. Neither of us ever went back and looked at them, but I thought maybe we would one day in our retirement. Many were dated. All were signed with hearts and kisses.
A few weeks after bomb drop, W got in a cleaning mode and cleared out a bunch of stuff. Some went to charity, some, like the trunk of cards, to the trash. Yep, 30 years of memories carefully saved, tossed out in an instant. Have to get rid of the old life I suppose.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl
