Hold my hand

Was told during lunch, the husband of a colleague was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. I was totally shock and wanted to cry. This is a second time such unfortunate thing happened in my office. It is even more emotional when there is children in the family. The mother will not only needs to handle her own grief, but that of her children. It's just so sad when you want to hold your partner's hand to the day when you have wrinkles on your skin and your hair turns white, but you are not able to. It just make your heart aches to think your children will no longer have kisses and hugs from one parent. My the other colleague, went through great effort to retrieve and saved her husband voice-mail greeting and messages, so that her boy will be able to hear daddy's voice in a more natural way. I've seen her crying her heart out in the first few months after her husband's death, in the office's washroom. Life is just so unexpected.

I will be stepping into my ninth year of marriage tomorrow. I want many more nine years to come. I want to hold your hand and grow old together. I do not know how we will turn out, but for the time being, please hold on to my hand and don't let go!