The Widows' Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival

What the Widow Learns, 2

coping (more or less) 255 What the Widow Learns, 2 Helen Ruggieri the remote is all yours you never have to watch another hockey game you get to choose which side of the bed you want to sleep on, close to the clock, the phone all the drawers are yours all the closet space you cook what you want when you want it you make all the things he hated the way you like them the car is always there you always fill the tank you rearrange the room move the tattered Lazyboy no one yells because you’ve left a tool out of its place and finally the empty place he left fills up and only on snowy mornings does the unshoveled walk give you away ...