“Why did this happen to us?”
Why did this happen to us right after we found our way back to each other?
Why was our future stolen away from us in the most callous of ways?”
But while he was by his wife’s bedside in hospice, John’s sister asked him a question that changed him forever:
“Would you rather have not gotten back together and found out years later that she died of this terrible disease?”
“That question profoundly changed me,” wrote John.
Suddenly the focus on his heartbreak shifted to focus on the gift that Michelle was to his life.
“It shook me to my core,” he explained. “It changed my heart. It changed my soul. In an instance, I was no longer bitter. I was better.”
Now, John is using his blog and Facebook page Better Not Bitter Widower to form a supportive community for the grieving.
Better Not Bitter Widower
Most importantly, he hopes to share his powerful journey from “bitter to better” that was fueled by his boundless love for his bride.
In a recent viral Facebook post regarding the wedding dress his wife never got to wear, John does just that:
