I Went to the Theater Alone on My 63rd Anniversary… Then a Stranger Sat in My Wife’s Seat and Handed Me a Letter and Said, “Your Wife Asked Me to Pass Something on to You”

On what would have been our sixty-third anniversary, I went back to the  movie theater we had always shared. I thought I’d sit there alone, quietly honoring her memory.

I didn’t expect anyone to speak to me.

I certainly didn’t expect a young man to sit in her seat and say, “Your wife asked me to find you.”

I never thought I’d write something like this. But my daughter says it’s sometimes easier to talk to strangers than to  family.