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I continue to mourn the passing of my bride and I figure I will do so for a good while.<\/p>\n

However, some bizarre thoughts coarse through my noggin as I seek to find my way toward a new normal life without my beloved Kathy Anne. One of them involves laughter.<\/p>\n

I am 73 years of age. We were married for 51 years. That means she was a major part of my life for most of my time on this Earth.<\/p>\n

There are moments when I laugh out loud at something I see, or when Toby the Puppy performs one of this pooch tricks, or when I watch someone tell a joke.\u00a0I told a friend on a social media message that I feel strangely embarrassed when I laugh out loud. It’s weird, man.<\/p>\n

There is no way I will wear black in public the way my grandmother did after my grandfather died in January 1950. Yiayia mourned Papou in a formal matter for the rest of her life, which ended on July 4, 1978.<\/p>\n

However, I don’t want to feel oddly self-conscious when I chuckle at something. Those who have been through this level of grief perhaps know of what I am mentioning.<\/p>\n

Hey, I’ll get through this, too.<\/p>\n

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