Hey awesome lady, don't let me keep you from sleep >.>
He waved his hand, "no it isn't. A few years ago. Cancer." Because no one died of consumption anymore. "We knew one another a long time before we married. We had a year of marriage." He sighed, "but she died happy, or so she told me. And said to keep living. For a long time I tried the exact opposite, but I've gotten back on my feet."