When my husband’s care home took a header
Sometimes we must experience a situation from an outsider’s perspective to truly see it. Walking into Robert’s room with Jackson, I saw Robert’s environment…
May 2024
This isn’t actually a date, is it?
The prospect of dancing in public unnerved me. My sweet Robert and I hadn’t danced in years. The last time we’d taken a spin around the floor was at Maddie’s…
Diddling around the edges of online dating
For months after posting my dating profile, I picked through online profiles of potential companions without ever “liking” one. I felt a swell of anxiety…
Putting myself out there
My daughter encouraged me to start dating when her father, my husband, was in memory care. This is how I started to present myself to the world…