'When my husband died, because he Was sofamöus and known for
not béing a believer, many people would come upto me —it still
sometimes happenS — and ask me if:Carl ChangedGt thé end
convened to a bellef in Zn afterlife. They alsofiequently ask*ne ill
think I will See him again.
Carl faced his death withufifiagging Courage and'never Sought refuge
illuSlonS_ The tragedy wwthat We knaw we would never see each
Other ågaifi_ I dofi't•ver expect to be reunited With Carl. But, the
great;thing is that when Me were together, for nearly twenty years, owe
lived with a vivldappreciatiönnf how briefand precious lifeis_ We
never trivialized the:maanihg Of death by pretending It was anything
Other than a final partlng_ Every single moment that We were alive,and
we-were together was miraculous- not, miraculous in the sense•of
inexplicable or supernatural, We knew we were beneficiariesd
That pure chance,could be soggnerous and so kind. Thåt
we-could find each Other, as Carl Wrote so beautifully in Cosmos. you
know; in the. vastness of space and the immensity of time,.. That we
could be together for twenty yeare That•is something which sustains
me 'ang it's much meaningful
theway he treated meand th " way I treated the way took
care ofeach'other andour family, while he lived. That is so much
more importantthän the ideal will see him someday I don't think I'll
ever seeyCärl *gain: But saw hihi_ Wesaw' each Other, Wp found
each Other in.the that Was wonderful.•
Ann Druyän, abogt her'husband Carl Sagan
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