everybody there is super nice) said something about getting a check for being a subscriber for sixty-nine years.
the guy i live with’s father got the policy after he graduated from west point in 1950. so his parents, and the house they moved into in 1961, will begin to fade into the distance.
the thing is, though, like he was telling his friend, he can still hear his wife’s voice, her laugh, her touch, and so forth, and so in a way she is still alive in his memory. that’s kind of weird. he sometimes wonders if that would be a comfort to her.
i bet by now you’re exhausted from all this 