Heavy Hearts

washingtonpoststyle:

On Valentines Day in 1884, Teddy Roosevelt’s wife and mother died within hours of each other. This was his diary entry for that Thursday.

via LettersOfNote by way of Gene Weingarten.

Yet he continued to write, judging by the shadow of words. It says a lot about human endurance. How sad.

(via theatlantic)

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