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Anna Martin: From 'The New York Times,'
I'm Anna Martin.
Miya Lee: And I'm Miya Lee.
Anna Martin: And this is 'Modern Love.'
Miya, you're the editor of Modern Love projects,
and you picked out this episode today
because you really love it.
Miya Lee: I really love this essay mostly because
I really love the essayist, Bette Ann Moskowitz.
So Bette had just lost her husband of 50+ years,
or something like that, on the eve of the pandemic.
But she kind of has this surprising approach
to life and to that really difficult moment.
And it all stems from the love that she shared,
which I think is so striking
that love can be this kind of sustaining force.
Anna Martin: It's written by Bette Ann Moskowitz
and read by Suzanne Toren.
Suzanne Toren: The wall must have moved into the doorway