Amy Rosenthal, who penned dating profile for husband, has died

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Author who wrote heartbreaking 'dating profile' for her husband dies

 

Rest in peace, Amy. 

 

She recently wrote a New York Times column in the form of a dating profile to help her husband find a new love after her death

 

Author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, known for her sunny, witty children’s books and the optimistic, relatable memoirs and guided journals she created for adults, and writer of a widely read Modern Love essay recently published in the New York Times, died of ovarian cancer on Monday, March 13 at her Chicago home. She was 51.

 

"Everything Amy did was life and love affirming," Amy Rennert, her longtime literary agent and friend, said in a statement to CNN. "She was such a bright light with a great sense of wonder."

 

Rosenthal was best known for her many children's books, including "Duck! Rabbit!" "I Wish You More," and "Uni the Unicorn," among others. She also wrote two memoirs for adults, the highly-praised "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life" and its follow-up "Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal."

 

But one of her most powerful works was a column she wrote for The New York Times' recurring "Modern Love" feature in early March, titled "You May Want to Marry My Husband."

 

In the article, Rosenthal wrote that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and had little time left to live. Knowing these were her last days, she praised the loving virtues of her husband, making the column into a kind of a "dating profile" to help him find a new love after her death.

 

"He is an easy man to fall in love with. I did it in one day," she wrote. "I have never been on Tinder, Bumble or eHarmony, but I'm going to create a general profile for Jason right here, based on my experience of coexisting in the same house with him for, like, 9,490 days."

 

Her husband Jason is a lawyer, a good cook, a painter, and, most importantly, a thoughtful and dedicated partner, she wrote.

 

"I want more time with Jason. I want more time with my children. I want more time sipping martinis at the Green Mill Jazz Club on Thursday nights," she wrote. "But that is not going to happen. I probably have only a few days left being a person on this planet."

 

Her reason for writing the column? "I am wrapping this up on Valentine's Day, and the most genuine, non-vase-oriented gift I can hope for is that the right person reads this, finds Jason, and another love story begins," she wrote.

 

Her last book, the brilliant Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal, ended: "Bye. I love you. Thank you." Goodbye, Amy. I love you. Thank you.

 

Official website of Amy Krouse Rosenthal:

http://www.whoisamy.com/

 

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R.I.P.

 

 

She should get The Best Wife Award