Left Behind

Gloria Waugh, of Ellsworth, Kan., mourns at the grave of her husband, Retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Roger Murphy Waugh Jr., after placing a wreath on his headstone Saturday during the Wreaths Across America event at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery in WaKeeney, Kan. The Waughs had been married for 25 years, and he died in February. (AP Photo/Hays Daily News, Raymond Hillegas)

DFO: Few photos I’ve seen capture grief like this one. I’ve never buried a mate. But I remember how much I mourned last time I visited my father’s grave in central California — and he’s been gone 33 years.