The Earth Shook - he's dead

"I cannot fathom having to write this post. I have had the shock of my life. My mind is numb and body won’t stop shaking. My soulmate, dear sweet husband Rick, has died unexpectedly. He was found by my neighbor at the Morgan’s Landing, our beautiful river property, that he loved so much. My heart is shattered and I fear will never recover. We were the perfect pair, best friends, with so many plans. Married for almost 32 years and together for even longer. Hug your loved ones, you just never know. He was only 53 years old." --This was written approximately three years ago.

On a Friday morning, the Earth shook and it wasn't' an earthquake it was a reality check, a mortality check. my husband of 32 years was dead, and my world would never look the same. The irony? He was found on March 31st by the coroner for whatever reason that I will never understand, listed his death date as April 1, April Fool's Day. if you knew him, he would have laughed at this so, there is that.

This was not how it was supposed to happen. We had decades left or so we thought. We were together since I was in my late teens, he in his early twenties. It just seems that naturally we would die old, working hard until the end, helping everyone around us. It is not to say that life was better or worse however, just different. Life as I knew it had changed. This is what comes with death, transition of the person who passed and an altered life for those with whom they left behind.

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