Posted by galkeepinon on October 16, 2003, at 3:59:50
He stood over my desk, a broken man but still holding together.
Mr. Willie Adams is a truck driver for our company.
He has worked for the company for 17 years.
He has been married for 39 years.
Last month, his wife died.
The death of a spouse is psychologically rated as the toughest thing a person will ever deal with in life.
It was Mr. Adams toughest thing.
"I have no guilt," he said.
"I did all for her that I could do in our 39 years. There was nothing more that I could have done. If she asked for the moon, I tried to reach up and grab it for her."
Those were his words. Those were his feelings.
He is not an academically educated man.
He is not rich by the world's standards.
But Mr. Adams had something that few possess,
an undying, unselfish love.
He said, "We married for love and made a vow 'till death do us
part' and we kept it."
It's the toughest thing that psychologists say we will ever endure. Sooner or later, in all married couples, one must leave
the other behind.Now is the time to begin traveling the path so that if you are the one staying on the earth a little longer you can say,
"I did all that I could do, I did my best."
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