His terminally ill wife famously wrote a dating profile for him just days before she died, and now, two years later, Jason Rosenthal says he’s finally found “joy” again.
“I do definitely find joy and happiness now,” he told NBC’s “Today” show on Tuesday. “A lot of the time.”
Jason’s late wife, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, was fighting ovarian cancer when she wrote the tear-jerking essay “You May Want to Marry My Husband” in 2017 for her spouse, describing him as “an easy man to fall in love with.”
The Chicago-based best-selling author died less than two weeks later.
Her widower and daughter are now carrying on her legacy, penning a children’s book together.
“One of the most emotional parts, I think, about writing this book is just how thrilled she would be that we’re doing this together,” daughter Paris Rosenthal said.
“Dear Boy” encourages boys to believe in themselves and is a companion to Amy’s last book, “Dear Girl,” which was published posthumously in 2017 with the help of Paris.
Jason said he was intimidated by the idea of writing a children’s book but told “Today” that the project brought him and Paris even closer.
“We talked about it and quickly agreed it would be a good idea,” he said.
When asked if he fulfilled his late wife’s wish that he find love again, Jason deflected the query.
He is currently writing a memoir.
In her widely read New York Times piece, Amy included a “dating profile” for Jason and listed everything she loved about him.
“If you’re looking for a dreamy, let’s-go-for-it travel companion, Jason is your man,” she said.
“Here is the kind of man Jason is: He showed up at our first pregnancy ultrasound with flowers. This is a man who, because he is always up early, surprises me every Sunday morning by making some kind of oddball smiley face out of items near the coffeepot: a spoon, a mug, a banana.”