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To be loved is to be immortal

How many dead man’s recipes do we cook? How many faces make up our own? How many creations born from love live on when we do not? How often have I spoken his name, even in death, even when he cannot hear?

Magnetic buttons were patented in 2013 by Maura Thornton to make accessible clothing for her husband, Don, who had Parkinson’s [1]. Goldfish crackers were made in 1958 by a Swiss biscuit-maker as a birthday present for his Pisces wife [2]. In the 1920s the band-aid was thought of by cotton-buyer Dickson for his wife, Josephine, who often nicked herself during cooking [3]. In 1894 surgical gloves were invented by surgeon William Halsted to ease the hands of his scrub nurse, and later his wife [4]. Custard powder, an egg-free early version of baking powder, was created in 1837 by baker Alfred Bird so his wife, who was allergic to eggs, could enjoy baked goods [5]. There is so much love.

And now we have the moon crater Carroll, named in loving memory by her husband, astronaut Reid Wiseman of the Artemis II mission

hello deer i am home