There’s No Rush Now

Was there ever?

Ted Czukor

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Feb 14, 2023

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Valentine’s Day Update:

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…