The Despondent Widow
She was bright. She had laughing blue eyes. When the sun shined on her thick blond hair it sparkled. When the wind blew, it coursed downward like a honey-colored stream.
I recently saw her taking a walk. Her husband of fifty years was recently killed in a car accident.
She looked horrible.
I felt sad to see her decaying. I wondered why she didn’t get help. Losing anyone results in disconsolateness and desolation. The key is that if one cannot help themselves, they should seek it from family, friends, relatives or professionals.
Unfortunately, it seems that she was reactive rather than proactive. Life can be happy or cruel. Being proactive is an important fact of life.
“Once to every man and nation come the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side” (James Russell Lowell, 1819–1891, American poet, critic, editor and diplomat, part of the New England Fireside Poets, who rivaled the British poets in popularity
