May God comfort the whole family,

she’d just met, everyone thought she’d lost her mind.

They laughed, mocked, whispered.

Ten days after the quiet seaside wedding, she was standing over his grave.

Her friends had begged her to explain, to justify why a 26-year-old would tie

her future to a man who kept old newspapers and wore socks with sandals.

She never found the words then. Only later continue reading …