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 79. The Chabad

I’m not a religious person but I have met God.  It happened to me while I was in Rwanda.  We had climbed a volcano to sit with a gorilla family.    It was, for me, one of those moments in life that are barely explainable.  At the time, I wasn’t thinking I had found anything spectacular but weeks and months…

Chapter 78. Old Dogs.

Monkey is old.  She’s going on 18.  Those of you who know her are aware of her rather negative disposition, her unwillingness to cooperate or communicate.  Most of the time, she acts as though she’s blind and deaf.  She may be deaf, but she’s not blind.  I say may be deaf because she never paid attention to instructions when she…

Chapter 77. The Everleigh Mingle Project. This One’s for You @Smerconish

The other day, Everleigh (where we live) held a meeting for the community gardens.  Mark, the GM, wanted to go over the rules.  Tristan, the activities director, was there to keep us under control.  We tend to go off topic. One of the issues that Mark addressed dealt with the current drought in Colorado.  Now, I’ve lived through at…

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