[VSM] Grief

[ashtoreth]

I did not expect the void he leaves in life to be so large. When he was here, with us, he would irritate me, come to me with requests that only a man who was born to wealth and nobility would make, could make. I longed for the days when he would travel on his uncle's business, the business of the court, and leave me be with my papers and ledgers. I

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[kairiwitch]

Dearest Donna,
Even when a husband is ususally gone, they do leave a gaping space when the absence is permanent. Suddenly the irritations are remembered as endearing, and the annoyances perhaps less so. Time will mend the tears he has left, I promise. You are a beautiful young widow- I know you will find a wonderful husband soon who will fill your life with happiness. Thank God for the family you have left to you, and know that I am always here to comfort you.
Always,
Maddelena

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[djehutysherit]

She falls to silence now and then, after Davide has gone to bed and I, finished with my day, come to put us to bed. I try not to notice, continue to chatter about the Household, until the gap in the room is too large to ignore. Then I touch her, first her hair, letting it down, brushing it slowly, then her face, her arms and legs as I undress her. In the bed with the full weight of her in my hands, I can feel her grief like a voided space between our bellies that my love cannot fill.