Joe, I am happy for you! I think that we can agree that love is really a kind of sustenance for living life beyond mere material survival. (And many people do die from lack of it.)
Joe, I am so happy for you. We are at an age that we know love and lust cannot be equated, there is so much more to love and those complex relations with others, particularly with a specific person we choose to be devoted to and to love. I have never been alone, first in my parents' home where I enjoyed parental and familial love, and later with a spouse I love dearly. Watching her deteriorate slowly with dementia is killing me a bit at a time. But, this is the woman I love, cherish, serve, and defend.
I’m singin’ “at long last love.” Happy it happened again during your eighth decade. So many widows and widowers and others are looking. If you used a dating site, or some media or organization targeting older people, that might be with writing about sometime.
Sensitively and compassionately written, as usual. And quite thoughtful and suggestive. And it's so beautiful that you have found such a new companion.
Joe, I am happy for you! I think that we can agree that love is really a kind of sustenance for living life beyond mere material survival. (And many people do die from lack of it.)
I raise my glass to your enduring "surthrival"!
Joe, I am so happy for you. We are at an age that we know love and lust cannot be equated, there is so much more to love and those complex relations with others, particularly with a specific person we choose to be devoted to and to love. I have never been alone, first in my parents' home where I enjoyed parental and familial love, and later with a spouse I love dearly. Watching her deteriorate slowly with dementia is killing me a bit at a time. But, this is the woman I love, cherish, serve, and defend.
I’m singin’ “at long last love.” Happy it happened again during your eighth decade. So many widows and widowers and others are looking. If you used a dating site, or some media or organization targeting older people, that might be with writing about sometime.
Joe: I loved this essay; love your analysis; love that you have a new 'love'.
I am so happy that you have found a new personal companion. Thanks for your thoughts on the many aspects of love.
Sensitively and compassionately written, as usual. And quite thoughtful and suggestive. And it's so beautiful that you have found such a new companion.
Very happy for you.
Enjoy!