Joanne was right about most things but one thing she got wrong. Recognizing the vast differences in personality between us, she worried about me in her approaching absence. On personality tests all of her checks were in the extroverted box. Over the years she learned to cultivate alone time and the gifts that come from solitude.
In our fifty-three years of marriage there were myriad times when my choice would be to stay home and hers was to go out. Consequently, she worried that, after her death, I'd become a social isolate. Not to worry. This extrovert needs people even as I need time to be alone. My aim is for having at least one social engagement each day. Days when that doesn't work the phone often connects me family and friends.
The OFH is ideal for my needs. With a very nice apartment it's a great retreat when I want to be alone. Ready for social engagement leaving my apartment it is easy to find friends and friendly acquaintances for social interaction. Then, too, having lived in this metro area since 1988 there are friends who are not resident in the OFH.
Very grateful for my life!
Takk for alt,
Al
With a young camel ridden and hitched behind the older camel my neighbor is conditioning the young for riding.
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