I had not seen him in over a decade, but I had heard the news.
They had been married for nearly 60 years.
Pneumonia had taken her lungs.
She would never recover.
What do you do with the machine?
After the decision, they sat together for an entire day.
Three was the hour but that pushed into four.
It wasn't easy to say good-bye.
How do you find the strength?
I didn't know what to say.
We talked about the birthday we celebrated.
We talked about the family.
We talked about her.
He had tears in his eyes and pain in his heart.
He had a smile and a big hug for me.
I gave him a helium filled decoration.
He accepted it.
And then I watched him walk away trailing a green balloon.
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