My wife\u2019s 37th birthday party was on the same day as my best friend\u2019s wedding. She refused to postpone, so I said, \u201cSorry. He\u2019ll get married once, while you\u2019ll have a birthday every year.\u201d She just smiled. At the wedding, I got a text from an unknown number. To my horror, it said, \u201cYour wife is dead.\u201d<\/p>\n
My heart sank. For a few seconds, I couldn\u2019t move. I left the reception hall quietly, trying not to draw attention. My hands were trembling as I called her phone over and over, but it went straight to voicemail. A flood of thoughts raced through my mind \u2014 regret for not being there, confusion about the message, and fear of what I might find.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My wife\u2019s 37th birthday party was on the same day as my best friend\u2019s wedding. She refused to postpone, so I said, \u201cSorry. He\u2019ll get married once,… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48507,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n