[Red Boots]

My neighbor lost her husband after 60+ years together. Being 80+ years-old and having to cope with such a loss is unimaginable. I often find her talking to his photos and listening to the music they both loved.

I took care of my f-i-l after his wife of 40+ years died. As I was dusting one day, I noticed a lot of smears on her picture. I got the windex to clean the glass, then realized that the smears were kiss marks on the glass. He was kissing her picture. I put the windex away. He lived only 18 months after she died.

[sodpoodle]

A bad marriage, divorce, custody battles and letting go is hell .....but losing a spouse you love seems worse.

[arbee4bush]

OMG-your post put me over from tears to sobs.

[dblshot]

He was kissing her picture. I put the windex away.
I was doing OK until I read this one.

[BluesDuke]

I took care of my f-i-l after his wife of 40+ years died. As I was dusting one day, I noticed a lot of smears on her picture. I got the windex to clean the glass, then realized that the smears were kiss marks on the glass. He was kissing her picture.

Eldon Auker, once a fine major league pitcher and a teammate of Hall of Fame second baseman Charlie Gehringer, told a story of Gehringer's widow: Every morning when she awakened after his death, she would kiss the framed photograph of him she kept at bedside for the rest of her life.