What I learned after my wife of over 53 years, Carolyn, died?
Get a life.
That’s it.
There is a natural period of mourning. But limit it.
I like a touch of bourbon but I overdid it for a while. From April 4, 2017 until the following February, I was drunk almost every day.
There was a fairly nice day around the middle of February, 2018. That evening, I poured a drink, thought for a minute, and I said to myself, “What the hell are you doing?” I laid the drink down and I went to a place where I could dine outside and smoke. I had a drink before I ate. I had a drink after I ate. But it was different because I started talking to a few people.
At that point, I started building my new life. I started developing new friendships. I always enjoyed writing. I published some old books I had written on Amazon. I published some new books on Amazon. It didn’t matter if the books sold or not. I, once again, had a life. I still drink bourbon but never drunk. Well, on my 80th birthday I did have a few too many.
It’s like this. I’m still a bit lonely when coming home to a big, empty house. But those are things you have to learn to live with.
Oh, yes, keep your sense of humor.
I find this subject is a bit difficult to talk about and you probably feel the same.
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