Its alarming frequency and some hope for the future. — “Widowhood Was Escape, Freedom, a New Life.” My mom once told me how someone from her women’s group at church announced that her husband had died, which unsurprisingly triggered pity and sympathy from everyone, but also a glimmer of envy. “Envy?” I asked, incredulous of these reactions and how nonchalantly my mother was reporting this. She went…
