I Married a Homeless Man Who Had One Month Left to Live – But the Letter I Received After His Funeral Made the Bl00d Drain from My Face

sentence.

“Nobody was going to bury me as a John Doe.”

My smile vanished.

I sat down.

“No.”

Less than a month earlier, Larry had been sitting outside my usual subway station with a piece of cardboard resting across his knees.

Written across it in large black letters were the words:

MARRY ME. I HAVE ONE MONTH LEFT TO LIVE.

I had known Larry for nearly two years.

Every weekday morning, I stopped at the coffee kiosk beside the station and bought two cups.

Mine had cream.

His was always