Geri Denterlein

Founder & CEO, Denterlein

Geri Denterlein's husband Jack Thomas spent his final days much the same way he spent most days in their 34-year relationship: reading, writing, collecting recipes, gardening and planning ahead. "It was my life that changed," Geri writes.

We were together in the twilight of his life. And that was enough

The author, second from left, next to her husband, Jack Thomas, with his three children and six grandchildren. (Courtesy Geri Denterlein)

The author and her late husband, Jack Thomas, on their wedding day in May 1992. (Courtesy Geri Denterlein)

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In a 24 hour news cycle, the public has come to expect remorse from the top when things go wrong. But an apology is only as good as it is authentic.

Fallout Continues After Rolling Stone Backtracks On UVA Rape Story

Lessons From Rolling Stone's UVA Debacle

In this photo, University of Virginia students walk to campus past the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. Rolling Stone is casting doubt on the account it published of a young woman who says she was gang-raped at a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party at the school, saying there now appear to be discrepancies in the student's account. (Steve Helber/AP)

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We were together in the twilight of his life. And that was enough

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Lessons From Rolling Stone's UVA Debacle

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