So it begins…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My wife Anne passed away 104 days ago on my 45th birthday from complications of breast cancer. I miss her so badly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few weeks after she passed away when I was able to stay in our house alone for the first couple of days, I wrote a book named Clean Fu: The Art of Cleanliness. Only one original copy will ever exist as it is hand-written. The idea was to capture all the lessons that Anne taught me about cleaning house so that I would not forget them. She was a bit obsessive-compulsive about keeping things clean especially when it came to washing hands. She got to the point where she would just say, “hands!”, I would know that she was about ready to lose her shit because I hadn’t washed my hands since I had entered the door or after other activities like that. I miss her diligence. I just am not geared the same way that she was about such matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of my favorite movies is Kung Fu Panda which provided me comfort during the first few weeks of Anne’s passing. I never really just sat down to watch it, I just played it in the background, but it was something about studying martial arts and the idea of being disciplined about staying clean that inspired me to create a martial art of my own: Clean Fu. I knew in my heart of hearts that Anne would think it was hilarious and it would please her very much that I would focus more and more on cleanliness. Anne is the Grandmaster of Clean Fu. I am merely a student that studied under the master. My goal is to provide all the essentials that Anne taught me about running a household that included herself, myself, and our son Caden (her stepson).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have tried hundreds of other ventures in my life which have all failed and faltered. I love Anne with all of my heart. She was such a great wife, my soulmate. I want to honor her in every way possible. Currently, I feel so numb. I know she is gone to heaven forever, however, I still cannot quite wrap my heart around the fact that she is gone away from me. We were only together for 7 years of which we were married a little over 5 years. She is everything to me. She and Caden are the only things in this world that matter to me. It’s heartwrenching that our little family of 3 is now back down to a family of 2. I never thought I would be a single dad again. I never thought that Anne would pass away suddenly. I guess that is what happens when you are never thinking about these things. They catch you by utter surprise…<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, somehow, this venture has to be different. I don’t know how, but it will be. Even typing that, it doesn’t seem real enough to me. Not sure how you can make a venture out of a set of cleanliness philosophies, however, stranger things have happened. I will do my best and honor my late wife Anne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Geoff Cox<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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