A few days ago I saw "Nedra" a woman I used to work with years ago, in the store. It's surprising that even in a small hamlet like ours, months or years may go by before you cross paths with someone you know. Anyway, I asked Nedra what was the cause of death of "Ariel" her sister in law who died over a year ago.

I used to see Ariel at art class or the writer's group and admired her very much. She was very talented woman and I was surprised when I saw her obit in the paper. So Nedra says Ariel knew something was wrong with her when her dog began sniffing her legs. She instinctively felt her dog was was onto something, that something was wrong, so she saw a doctor and was diagnosed with leukemia.

Ariel's husband was by her side through the ordeal of treatment and dying. After Ariel died, he sold their home and it was hauled away. The pretty, well kept yard, where Ariel had an old wheelbarrow planted with petunias sitting under a gnarly old oak tree, is gone, weeds grow over her beloved places.
Her husband remarried not long after her death and moved to another state. Will her spirit know where to go if it comes back to haunt her special places since all she knew is gone now? Is there no grieving when a spouse dies?
A woman can do without a man, but must a man have such need of a woman that he would remarry so fast?

I am thinking of Ariel and her wandering spirit as I write.

susil