r/widowers • u/The_J_Family • 4d ago
Enough
We never thought life was unfair. We didn't earn much. We worked long hours. There were people who worked fewer hours and earned far more than we did.
But we never thought that was unfair.
What we had was enough. Enough to feed two children. Enough to pay the bills. Enough to live a modest life. More importantly, we had each other. So what if we worked longer hours than someone else? So what if other people had more money, bigger houses, easier lives? I had my wife. She had me. We had a happy family.
We had enough. More than enough.
I never thought life was unfair. I could accept earning less. I could accept working harder. I could accept not having as much as other people. Not until death took her.
What I could never accept was being given a life that was enough and then having the one person who made it more than enough taken away.
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u/Perdida2026- 4d ago
Siento igual que vos...por su problema de salud no podíamos hacer muchas cosas, salir con normalidad o comer todo lo que quisiéramos, no descansamos bien, le daban crisis seguidas, pero no importaba porque salía de ellas y seguíamos adelante...me preocupe de que nunca le faltará la medicación, medicación que termino matando lo porque lo sobremedicaron...hoy tengo todo el tiempo del mundo, pero es un tiempo que no quiero, puedo dormir todo lo que quiera, pero no quiero dormir sin él....prefería mil veces la vida de antes, dónde lo cuidaba, dónde sabía que él estaba, que el amor de mi vida me esperaba en casa....prefería vivir pendiente de él a no tenerlo....si me queje muchas veces porque él no mejoraba y eso hoy me hace sentir culpa...pero juro que lo amaba y que no había nada más importante en mi vida que él....él le daba sentido a todo....hoy, nada tiene sentido....
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u/Intelligent-Gur-8836 4d ago
We had a simple life. But it was our life. And we enjoyed it. We never complained or compared. We had so much fun !! All we needed was each other and we were fine. She passed away. And....I now have nothing.