After eighteen years of marriage, my husband passed away last year of a terminal liver disease. Today is the aniversary of his death. He died on April 22, 2001 and he was the love of my life. He was a wonderful man and I am so glad that I have four wonderful, beautiful children as a legacy to him.
My husband was a German national and even after living in this country for so many years was never tempted to relinquish his German citizenship. He was also a very faithful witness and even after I became disgusted with the organization and became inactive for many years, he still went to the meetings and defended my not coming.
I enrolled in law school and he supported me ever step of the way. He did not live to see me graduate and for that I feel so sad, cheated even.
All of his relatives still reside in Germany, his brothers, his sisters, his parents, all still witnesses. They were all shocked to hear of his death and I think that they think it happened just because he came to live in this country. They keep saying to me that if he did not come here to live he would be alive today. Its not true, but I let it ride over me, because I know that they are talking out of grief.
Sometimes I am so depressed I can't stand it, but luckily I have my job and the kids to keep me busy.
You have shared so much of your lives and I have really shared so little of mine, but I wanted to share this with all of you.
I want to extend a hearty thank you to all on this forum for your stories, your comments and your never wavering support of each other.
