The loss I didn’t expect.

My husband of almost 50 years made a miraculous comeback! This blog is about our journey ahead and stumbling blocks in the road.

Aging can be lonely.

Does it have to be?

Blog instruction manual: If you want to read the blogs in chronological order, just click on my underlined name at the bottom of each chapter and scroll.

Chapter 69. One Year Later.

We settled there some 48 years ago.  The half-acre property sitting in the middle of an urban area gave us all we needed:  space for our two cats and two dogs.  And it would ultimately give us the place where we would acquire and say good-bye to more cats, dogs. . . . among them our 7 beloved…

Chapter 68. Little Things.

Once a week I walk over to King Soopers to pick up a bouquet of lilies which, are, in my opinion, the best flowers because they 1) last a long time, 2) come with some buds already opened and others waiting for their turn, and 3) have a lovely pungent gingery odor.  This morning, I…

Chapter 67. My Clandestine Relationship.

Some people hang out in parks for drug deals.  Or to meet up with a lover.  Me? I put on my jeans, my walking shoes, my favorite t-shirt featuring a Gorilla, and drive across town to connect with, are you ready, a Newfoundland Dog named Dobby. This big boy is owned and loved by a friend…

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