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It is so strange to have a real life again, a second life as it were. The first one ended when my wife of 35 years, Barbara Ann Barlow, passed away following a brief but powerful illness on January 9, 2003, at only age 60.
T-cell lymphoma. She was sick for a two-month period, but wasn't diagnosed until Christmas. It was all awful!
But now I find that, after nearly five years, I do have a whole new life--David 2.0, as it were.
And I have a wonderful new wife, too--Connie, a very fine woman--like Barbara in some significant respects (a public school teacher, Catholic, caring, kind-spirited) but different in others (ethnicity, region of origin). We were married in in mid-September 2007, three months ago.
Anyhow, to me, it is, wholly astonishing! Back in the Dark Days, of 2003 and even in 2004, I would never have thought it possible. My health was terrible, and my mood was worse. My heart was broken, figuratively and literally. I needed a lot of medical care, and had some hospitalizations. All pretty bad.
But now I find that, after nearly five years, I do have a whole new life--David 2.0, as it were.
We don't get along perfectly, all of the time. Do two people who are retired and thus together 24/7, ever do? Especially a newer couple? I doubt it!
But we are both so much better off together than we would be separately. We now each have "a person" as she calls it, a "witness" to our lives.
We can eat together; meals by yourself are lonely, and Connie would not cook only for herself, although is glad to cook for her and me. We travel together, that I think is our greatest pleasure. And we are looking forward to several new trips in 2008.
Our two separated lives are knitting together, becoming one. One!
Also, even though I am officially and formally retired, I do have some "jobs" again, too--or at least some activities.
Also, even though I am officially and formally retired, I do have some "jobs" again, too--or at least some activities.
Things to do, things that keep me pretty busy. Services as a volunteer and so forth. Connie has a pretty active social life, and has two daughters living in the Chicago area also.
Anyhow, to me, it is, wholly astonishing! Back in the Dark Days, of 2003 and even in 2004, I would never have thought it possible. My health was terrible, and my mood was worse. My heart was broken, figuratively and literally. I needed a lot of medical care, and had some hospitalizations. All pretty bad.
Better now! David 2.0.
This blog is providing a record mostly of this new life, which I am very relieved to have!
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