Widow's Anniversary
Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at 07:15PM
Five years ago this morning, I hurried to the master bedroom of my first floor unit at Starlight Apartments in Nashville, Tennessee. One last teardrop rolled down my husband’s cheek. Did it mean a release of pain or an intake of joy over a glorious destination seen at the moment of death? I heard a final discharge of the breath of life. "You’re perfect now, baby. You’re perfect now." Those were my parting words. "Of course, I love you, baby. You know I love you." Those had been his






