Mr. Eric. I truly enjoyed the journey Tony and Mitch traveled. Though it was a bitter/sweet enjoyment. I also married an Italian/Irish man after both of us lost our wives. I being Jewish of blended European linage. C and I met by chance in '03 and hit it off. He was 17 years older and deaf. I learned ASL quickly. It soon became more than two buddies enjoying baseball, basketball, old movies. We married in '11, at least as much as the state of OH would let us, i.e. legal guardians of each other should something happen. I lost him in November, 2016. During the night I know he took my hand as we slept. He did not wake in the morning. His big loving, caring, giving, heart gave out on him. The loving and romantic heart of an Italian and the impish twinkle in his eyes of an Irishman.
Thank you for this story.
--Jeff
