In this anonymous call, our caller lost his wife in a sudden car accident. Just before they even made the first mortgage payment on their home. The timing was cruel, especially after years of saving and sacrificing for the life they planned to start “someday.”
He describes himself as an optimistic nihilist. Someone who believes there’s nothing after death, and finds that reality liberating. For him, knowing this is the one shot we get makes every choice matter more. We talk about the tension between planning for the future and living for today, how grief reshapes your relationship with time, and the loneliness of carrying loss when the world has already moved on.
And between the moments of pain, there are flashes of wit and unexpected laughter. A reminder that even in loss, life still shows up.
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