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"I&amp;#x27;d love to tell you a little story: Alex and I went to the ballet a few weeks ago (this ballet, if you remember). During intermission, he went to get a beer, and I stood on the sidelines watching the crowds. I noticed a gorgeous older woman next to me. She was wearing a long black dress, her hair was tied up, and she was sipping a glass of Champagne. But I was stumped: She was wearing two watches. Why? The reason broke my heart.... Here was our dialogue: Me: I love your watches. Beautiful older woman: Thank you. Me: It&amp;#x27;s so cool that you wear two. Do you work in Paris or something, where you have to know two time zones? Beautiful older woman: No. (She paused and her eyes filled with tears.) My husband died recently; I now like to wear his watch, too. It makes me feel as if he&amp;#x27;s closer to me. It was such a poignant, intimate moment. She looked so sad and I yearned to give her a hug. But instead, the lights dimmed three times and we had to go back to our seats. &amp;quot;That&amp;#x27;s lovely,&amp;quot; I said. &amp;quot;Thank you for telling me.&amp;quot; As Alex came back to find me, I gave him a huge hug instead. It breaks my heart to think about him dying someday, but it&amp;#x27;s also hard for me to imagine. Although I lost a few lovely grandparents when I was younger, no one very close to me in everyday life has died, which I know is rare; I once heard that the longer you go without losing anyone close to you, the less prepared you are when it actually happens. Have you ever lost anyone very special to you? How did you feel? Could people say anything to make you feel better? Were you surprised by anything you felt? Do you ever worry about death or losing loved ones someday, or do you not think about it? (Have you ever read The Year of Magical Thinking, where Joan Didion talks about the year after her husband died? Amazing.) I&amp;#x27;d love to hear your thoughts, my dears... Also, read this totally sweet sweet sweet paragraph about an old man and his wife. xo Photo: Superbomba"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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