Ever say the words "Till death do us part"? Did you add and a year following that also? Betrayal? How? The vows were honored. Denial? That would be getting up and fixing hubby's breakfast in the morning and telling the kids daddy will be home afterwhile. She saw true reality and horor of horrors. I doubt seriously she denies her husband is dead. I doubt she denies the grief she will carry for years to come. Each person is different in time frames of dealing with death. Some remarry soon, some never re-marry. Neither is wrong.
BTW if you notice they were married in the church with the churches blessing. Most all denominations reqire counceling before marriage. Our preacher was my wife's preacher. A die hard Baptist pew jumping country preacher. My wife omn our wedding day nearly called it off because of her sorry excuse for parents. Thankfully a Nun talked to her and said we married.
Like I posted before people pray for answers and some seem so shocked when they recieve an answer. But one lesson in this is it may not be the answer you were looking for. The events after my first wifes death happen rather fast. The chance of me and her ever meeting was remote and would not have occured had I not told my boss to transfer me when I really meant to turn it down.
Some mutual friends we had played match maker. One was the guy who drove me home from work when my wife died. His wife worked with my soon to be wife at another facility. I wasn't looking for another committment neither was she. A friendship developed and it quickly grew.
Let me ask you something. Go back and read my post in this thread. That's not all of it but most of the story. Would you walk away from someone you knew in your heart you loved because not enough months had passed? Granted chances were slim but through GOD all things are possible. I am convinced of his soverign hand in our very meeting. I am convinced because I can see now how the events unfolded and how lives were changed for the better especially my own. But I doubt you could ever understand why I say that.