Lost Love
There is a time for everything. Everyone is born, lives, and then dies at their time. Eddie was 83 years old when he left this earth. He passed away on the job at an amusement park, Ruby Pier. He passed heroically, saving a little girl from a falling cart that had broken free from the cables of a ride. In Mitch Albom's book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch tells the story of Eddie’s journey to get to heaven. Eddie meets five people who had an impact on his life. All five people teach him a lesson about life. Marguerite is one of the people Eddie meets on his journey. The lesson she taught Eddie and their love story on earth impacted him in many different ways. Marguerite was Eddie’s first and only love, she taught him that …show more content…
She wore a yellow cotton dress with a pink barrette in her hair. They did not speak much that night because Eddie was so nervous he could barely find the words to say. The band at the pier was playing and Marguerite and Eddie danced. Until his death, this is the memory Eddie has of his lover Marguerite. They were joined in marriage on a Christmas eve in a chinese restaurant. The couple never had children, but they tried to adopt and never had the money or claimed they were too old. Eddie and Marguerite loved each other dearly. Dominguez, Eddie’s coworker, speaks at Eddie’s funeral and says, “Eddie, really loved his wife” (Albom 145). One can expect that when Marguerite passed away that Eddie would be devastated. She died from a brain tumor at age forty seven. People say that “find” love, or they found “the one” as if it was hidden from them. Love comes in many different forms, and is not the same for every person. Eddie found his irreplaceable love with Marguerite. He found a certain love that will not go away. After his wife’s death, Eddie grew stale. He put his heart to rest. He never left Ruby Pier like they had dreamed …show more content…
He found himself in a room where the bride awaits her big moment. Eddie then admits he was angry when Marguerite died. He said, “You were the best person any of us knew, and you died and you lost everything. And I lost everything. I lost the only women I ever loved” (Albom 173). Marguerite then explains that she was right there with him. He remembers the years after his wife had passed and how empty and void he felt. Marguerite said, “Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it” (Albom 173). Love does not end. Life ends, but that certain love will never fade.
Love lasts forever. It will take on another form when a partner dies, but it will never end. Marguerite and Eddie’s love lasted after they passed from this earth. In heaven, Marguerite taught him that death does not end love, and she made it evident that their love did last
There is a time for everything. Everyone is born, lives, and then dies at their time. Eddie was 83 years old when he left this earth. He passed away on the job at an amusement park, Ruby Pier. He passed heroically, saving a little girl from a falling cart that had broken free from the cables of a ride. In Mitch Albom's book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Mitch tells the story of Eddie’s journey to get to heaven. Eddie meets five people who had an impact on his life. All five people teach him a lesson about life. Marguerite is one of the people Eddie meets on his journey. The lesson she taught Eddie and their love story on earth impacted him in many different ways. Marguerite was Eddie’s first and only love, she taught him that …show more content…
She wore a yellow cotton dress with a pink barrette in her hair. They did not speak much that night because Eddie was so nervous he could barely find the words to say. The band at the pier was playing and Marguerite and Eddie danced. Until his death, this is the memory Eddie has of his lover Marguerite. They were joined in marriage on a Christmas eve in a chinese restaurant. The couple never had children, but they tried to adopt and never had the money or claimed they were too old. Eddie and Marguerite loved each other dearly. Dominguez, Eddie’s coworker, speaks at Eddie’s funeral and says, “Eddie, really loved his wife” (Albom 145). One can expect that when Marguerite passed away that Eddie would be devastated. She died from a brain tumor at age forty seven. People say that “find” love, or they found “the one” as if it was hidden from them. Love comes in many different forms, and is not the same for every person. Eddie found his irreplaceable love with Marguerite. He found a certain love that will not go away. After his wife’s death, Eddie grew stale. He put his heart to rest. He never left Ruby Pier like they had dreamed …show more content…
He found himself in a room where the bride awaits her big moment. Eddie then admits he was angry when Marguerite died. He said, “You were the best person any of us knew, and you died and you lost everything. And I lost everything. I lost the only women I ever loved” (Albom 173). Marguerite then explains that she was right there with him. He remembers the years after his wife had passed and how empty and void he felt. Marguerite said, “Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it” (Albom 173). Love does not end. Life ends, but that certain love will never fade.
Love lasts forever. It will take on another form when a partner dies, but it will never end. Marguerite and Eddie’s love lasted after they passed from this earth. In heaven, Marguerite taught him that death does not end love, and she made it evident that their love did last