His wife had just been buried, but he refused to leave her grave. While friends begged him to come home, he sat over the fresh dirt, fanning furiously as daylight faded around them. They thought sorrow had overwhelmed him until one simple question exposed a deathbed promise and a motive nobody standing beside that grave could possibly have imag<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The funeral was over, and the mourners were ready to head home. But the newly widowed husband remained seated beside the burial plot, waving a handheld fan across the soil with remarkable determination. \u201cCome on, buddy,\u201d a neighbor urged gently. \u201cIt\u2019s getting late. She\u2019s at peace now.\u201d He didn\u2019t budge. His arm simply moved faster. Finally, a puzzled friend stepped forward and asked why drying the earth seemed so important to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The husband sighed. \u201cI\u2019ve accepted that she\u2019s gone.\u201d Everyone nodded, offering him a moment of sympathy. Then he explained the promise his wife had demanded before her death: he must not marry again until her grave was completely dry. The sympathetic faces went blank. Looking down, he redoubled his fanning. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to help things along!\u201d His friend shook his head. \u201cBuddy, you\u2019re not grieving,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re racing the clock!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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