At My Husband’s Funeral, I Placed a Rose in His Hands and Discovered the Note He Never Got to Give Me

casket, planning to place it between his folded hands.

That is when I noticed something unusual.

Tucked beneath his fingers was a pale rectangle of paper, hidden carefully as if someone had placed it there with intention. At first I assumed it was a card from the funeral home, something about the service or a private note of condolence.

But as I leaned continue reading …