I want all my Medium family to know that my wife, Nora, died in her sleep around 8:00 this morning. I was asleep also, so it was a blessimg for both of us.
I have more than a sneaking suspicion that she hung on this long, to make it to Valentine’s Day. I get your message, sweetheart.
I also know that her loving brother and mother came to bring her home.
- Ted
Poetry in retrospect
We thought there was a need to rush. It seemed to be the truth. But older people shook their heads. “The energy of youth!” We knew Old Age would come apace; so they all did say. We didn’t want to miss a thing! Not a moment of a day.
They didn’t tell us near enough — or else we didn’t hear — That there’d be time for everything that was…