Mish;
I know this is a hard time for you. I know how it feels to lose someone close. My parents are gone, my grandparents, and it does hurt. It leaves you empty inside knowing that you can't call them on the phone, or visit. But remember, the loss is temporary. I do believe in life after death. I do believe I will see my parents and loved ones again. At my Mother's Eulogy, I said "I won't say goodbye to my Mom, rather, I say, keep a place waiting for me at the table for when I get there.
I have truly had amzing things happen because of prayer to not believe. I share that with you, and hope you can share similar experiences with your freind. He can see his wife again, just not in this mortality.
I'm going out on a limb here by expressing my beliefs. I'm not sure we're supposed to do this on a public forum. I won't get into my views on that policy, whether in the work place, or any other public place. We claim to be a free society, and yet we put so many restrictions on ourselves. But I digress. Keep your freind's memory in your heart. Remember the good times, the hard times, the things that made your relationship with her valuable.
Remember, we are on this Earth for but a short time. We are here to grow, to learn. And when it's over, it's a new begining. That's my belief. I know my Mother, Father, and Stepfather will be waiting for me, along with everyone else who passed beyond mortality before me.
Seeeeeeya; Goodweed of the North