A Widow Takes Heart in Reading Essay on Love

I am a widow of three months, 53 years old, and just finished reading Jo Giese’s essay “Love After Death” (Jan. 23). I too was blessed for 17 years with a man who taught me what unconditional love, friendship and integrity are in a marriage and partnership. Although I find it hard to conceive that this emptiness, longing and loneliness will ever subside, I found hope and comfort in Giese’s experience. I look forward to living life again. He would want this for me. I want this for me.

Dee Hulse

Thousand Oaks