At 73, I Married My Dying High School Sweetheart as His Final Wish—After the Funeral, His Lawyer Knocked on My Door and Said, “You Walked Right Into His Trap”
That is difficult to admit.
I thought:
You got to die having your wish fulfilled.
I had to remain alive as your widow.
He got the ending.
I got the aftermath.
Grief is not always noble.
Sometimes you are angry at dead people for leaving even when they did not choose death.