tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218782774000780422.post1922824810487570113..comments2023-09-28T10:07:00.072-05:00Comments on michael a. horvich cares about alzheimer's disease: Widow, The Term "Dead," and The Grief of OthersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218782774000780422.post-82792400516580006932016-01-17T20:04:05.007-06:002016-01-17T20:04:05.007-06:00Since you shall not use it in the legal sense, I s...Since you shall not use it in the legal sense, I see nothing wrong in your choice of terms. You could be a vidua, but only those familiar with Samuel Beckett would have a clue. Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218782774000780422.post-36413225686633514462016-01-17T16:04:35.215-06:002016-01-17T16:04:35.215-06:00Funny that you sent this quote along. The other da...Funny that you sent this quote along. The other day I had the same realization. I said outloud, "I am a widow." It was painful to hear and a surprise that it was true. Then I realized the humor in that. Rightfully I should be a "widower" NOT a "widow." But I prefer the term widow so that is what I use.<br />Michael Horvichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07128713159608301788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218782774000780422.post-27281729563600358162016-01-17T14:56:18.386-06:002016-01-17T14:56:18.386-06:00Some weeks after her beloved Bo died, friend Betty...Some weeks after her beloved Bo died, friend Betty told me that she looked in the mirror one morning and realized, "I'm a widow!" She said out loud, "I didn't WANT to be a widow!" Then she said to herself, "I certainly didn't want to be an itty bitty redheaded widow with a wide rear!" [spoken as 'itty bitty wed headed widow with a wide wear'] Sweet Betty was able to laugh at herself.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.com