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of life and death
genkaku
Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
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I'm not sure I would describe it as 'nice'... I feel desperately sad for the man, and deem it tragic that with all the counsel and support he has given, he cannot find comfort and closure for his own loss, which has put an end to his life's work...
ditto.
It's sad, but it's beautiful, too. The man doesn't seem to be expressing regret at the work he did, and it sounds like he's moving in a new direction with counseling families rather than the dying themselves.
I didn't get the sense that the man feels ruined. He's grateful for what he had, both in his wife/marriage and in his work. I more got the sense that it's just a moving along.
It no doubt takes time to get over the loss of such a long term life partner. It took me years to get over the death of my ex, who I new for 12 years and never married. I can't imagine what it could be like to "get over" the death of a decades long marriage.
"Nice" may not have been the best descriptive. I meant that it was nice in the sense that it felt like real life ... happy, sad, true.
But that's just me.
It was wonderful.