tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post4992812704492784187..comments2024-01-09T00:23:46.449+11:00Comments on The Widowhood Chronicles: We Were Two Writers Living TogetherRosemary Nissen-Wadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-49303711609786584692013-03-11T10:04:02.793+11:002013-03-11T10:04:02.793+11:00Thank you.Thank you.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-52657098637796544732013-03-11T09:40:52.781+11:002013-03-11T09:40:52.781+11:00This is a painfully beautiful post.This is a painfully beautiful post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-55803633834117039112013-03-11T07:57:20.590+11:002013-03-11T07:57:20.590+11:00I hope you don't have to experience it — but p...I hope you don't have to experience it — but probably one of you does. Perhaps you could learn a few skills now? I was my husband's carer for the last few years of his life, and as he gradually became able to shoulder less and less responsibility, I shouldered more and more. In one way it was good, in that I had time to acquire the necessary skills.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-86679008955768083312013-03-11T04:43:03.815+11:002013-03-11T04:43:03.815+11:00I would not survive becoming a widower. Long befor...I would not survive becoming a widower. Long before I could develop the skills one needs to live alone, I'd be long gone.<br /><br />Salute.Ron.http://rlavalette.wordpress.com/2013/03/09/six-word-saturday-97/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-79584600219642570112013-03-11T00:25:50.820+11:002013-03-11T00:25:50.820+11:00Thank you. What you say IS useful! When all's ...Thank you. What you say IS useful! When all's said and done, I'm glad of that too.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-44158169736287347502013-03-10T19:59:07.257+11:002013-03-10T19:59:07.257+11:00Oh, Rosemary! Touched my heart. Nothing I can us...Oh, Rosemary! Touched my heart. Nothing I can usefully say, just that I'm glad that your marriage was so happy.restlessjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17638813991040890163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-10515863169759267432013-03-10T14:45:29.574+11:002013-03-10T14:45:29.574+11:00Thanks, Jim. Good thought! I have been getting a f...Thanks, Jim. Good thought! I have been getting a few nudges to travel, so you might be the latest instrument of the Universe! :) <br /><br />I have been divorced too in the past, so I know that pain also. Well, my last marriage was worth the pain of widowhood. There is grief but few regrets. I'm glad for you and Mrs Jim.Rosemary Nissen-Wadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913841031559499568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6043670783458458620.post-64800228460024841112013-03-10T14:35:19.771+11:002013-03-10T14:35:19.771+11:00Hi Rosemary ~~ I cannot begin to imagine how that ...Hi Rosemary ~~ I cannot begin to imagine how that would be. There are friends I have who are widowed or widowered(??). It isn't exactly the same though as when it happens to yourself.<br /><br />I have been divorced, an unexpected divorce. It was pure Hell and I still hold in a stiffled sob sometimes when I breathe in. You have that, I know. I still cannot stand the song, "<i>You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling.</i>" It was playing at a friend's house last night while we were playing dominoes. It was sad.<br /><br />Mrs. Jim came along three years after our split and that helped a lot. Still there was trust that I had to build up. Now we've been married 40 years so perhaps she is here to stay.<br /><br />That got long, I didn't intend when my finger began to fly. What I wanted to tell you is about the four widow ladies who went with us on our Alaska cruise/tour. They had the greatest of times and they did have money to do it. I know one of those had been saving and scrimping for it. <br /><br />You might travel a bit with your lady friends, just go only where your budget and saved up $$$ will take you. Again, those ladies were having the time of ther lives it seemed.<br />..Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02982249173214655060noreply@blogger.com