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Good morning, @ray666 ~
Been reading these comments with a lot of interest, and I think the "alternative activities" is what stood out to me. Gosh, this is quite a topic to consider, especially for those of us who find ourselves in our upper seventies/low eighties. I have lived alone now for 12 years, having lost my husband to cancer in May of 2013. I think we already visited about the circumstances in a former "conversation" but maybe not the 17 years he battled 4 totally unrelated (as far as cell structure - no metastasis) cancers. Somewhere in this journey, I realized that it was imperative for me to cultivate some "alternative activities" THEN, so that I would already have formed new friendships & groups that would be in concert with my life as a single person. One outcome of the Covid pandemic was the availability of gatherings to take place on Zoom as well as in person. Now, this is truly a gift to those of us who find mobility robbing us of our energy, timeliness, and dignity. The activities I chose to be a part of - an international Bible Study and the associate program with a local religious order, were both in-person activities at the time of my initial involvement, but both are now on Zoom as well as still in-person. I choose to attend the gatherings on Zoom because I can be depended upon to show up. Otherwise...well...chances are I'd have thrown in the towel years ago. During those years of my husband's illness, I knew where his life and mine were headed, and I guess it served to motivate me. But, wow - to quote someone who knew his stuff, this business of aging isn't for sissies, is it?
Have a really good weekend, Ray! I'm glad your partner is home from the hospital. Here's to good days ahead!
~ Barb