Kuala Lampur, Aug. 14 -- "Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything." - CS Lewis

About three weeks ago, my wife had a stroke and died.

I remember dropping her off at the train station around 7pm that Friday night. Less than three hours later, she had fallen into a coma and I was informed by the doctor she would likely not wake up.

We'd been married 21 years and have two children together.

To say that her (very sudden) passing is a crushing blow to me and my family would be the understatement of the year. I have no words to describe the grief I experienced when it happened.

Even what follows is but a foolish attempt to put some kind of silly shape around my sorrow and to, maybe, help make some sense of it.

When the doctor t...