NEW YORK (AP) – Sheryl Sandberg is marking the end of a 30-day period of mourning following the death of her husband by saying “I want to choose life and meaning.”
Sandberg, Facebook’s No. 2 executive, lost her husband Dave Goldberg after he died in a treadmill accident while on vacation in Mexico a month ago. In “Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead,” Sandberg wrote about the profound influence Goldberg had on her life and career. She’s called her husband of 11 years her rock and a “true partner” on all fronts.
On Wednesday, she took to her Facebook page to mark the end of an official Jewish mourning period by writing that she wants to “give back some of what others have given me.”
Sandberg, who has two young children, wrote that while “the experience of grief is profoundly personal, the bravery of those who have shared their own experiences has helped pull me through.”
The always-poised executive, who saw herself as the “the older sister, the (chief operating officer), the doer and the planner,” wrote that she has learned to ask for help.