Intervention…

There have been many times when I’ve lamented my widow status to my spouse that he’s rolled his eyes and then returned to his game.  Widows, in their grief, have been known to do many things.  I’ve seen some go to drastic measures to resurrect their loved ones from beyond, such as cutting off the internet access – making them go cold turkey, and others who have deleted vital files from the computer on which “the game” operates to make it non-functional until it’s reinstalled.  The hope is that these short-term fixes will cause their recently departed loved one to re-awaken to the world around them.  Not a black magic resurrection of any sorts, just an injection of of a major dose of reality.

While I’ve never resorted to such drastic measures (although don’t get me wrong, I’ve been tempted) I do understand that such interventions are something that some widows find as their last resort, their only way out – the only way to save a loved one from the grips of “the game”.  Desperate times call for desperate measures.