At My Husband’s Funeral, a Teenage Boy I Had Never Seen Before Walked up to Me and Said, ‘He Promised You’d Take Care of Me’
His eyes widened. “Really?”
“Yes, really,” I said. “Daniel trusted me with that responsibility. And I won’t let him or you down.”
“I’m still hurt.”
For a second, he looked like he might cry, but he blinked quickly.
“Thank you,” he said. “He always said you were the best person he knew.”
I laughed softly through my tears. “He exaggerated.”
Adam laughed.
I looked at Daniel’s name carved in stone.
“I love you,” I whispered.
“He exaggerated.”
As we stood there together, the grief didn’t disappear. But it shifted.
