Sorry about the typos. for some reason Garden Web would not let me make corrections so now you know I am a poor typist!!

oh seniorgal I am just crying here. I know how much in love you were and I am so so sorry you lost your wonderful husband.
My deepest sympathy for you in this time. I can not even imagine the pain and sorrow that is causing. I am delighted that you were able to spend your time with him and know how much you both enjoyed being together.
Thank you so much for the sweet post.
Please let us know what we can do from afar to help you now.
Please take care of your self!!
And let us know if you are ill or not doing well.
Again my deepest sympathy

One of my few regrets in my life is that I did not spend more time with my grandparents.

You sound like you had two wonderful husbands. I'm sorry for your losses.

What a love story! My Mom and Dad met at work when she was 18 and he was a year older. When he got drafted in World War 2, he asked if they could be pen pals. He was sent to China, they wrote back and forth, fell in love long-distance, he mailed her many gifts, and got they got married just after the War ended, June 30 1946. He passed away in 1998, she was alone until her death in 2011.

Thank yo so much for sharing your story.
I have a saying on a post it, stuck on my monitor. "Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behavior does."

I have an elderly Aunt that I talk to at least once a week and try and see her as often as I can. But I am going to change that I want to see her once a week and talk to her daily....

Oh Seniorgal, I am so sorry for your loss but so very happy that you had those wonderful years together.

My mom is 96 and a half. She lives about five minutes from me, still in her own home. We always have Sunday dinner together. I go over to see her during the week but --- she's hardly ever home!

I do agree with your advice. As I get older I truly appreciate calls and visits from my kids. Sometimes I wish they would notice things that need to be done around the house and offer to help or just ask if they can help. I do ask them from time to time but hate to be a nuisance.

I love your posts.

Thank you!!!!! And ((((((Seniorgal)))))

Seniorgal, I have been wondering about you so much lately. ESP, maybe? I believe you and I are the two oldest, or is that eldest? members here at the KT. And we have similar backgrounds as to our lives, including WWll memories. I also did war work. I met my husband by chance when he was in service, and we wrote constantly back and forth. Married in 1944. We only had 38 years together, and then cancer took him away from us.

You have my deepest sympathy, I know you will be fine and I hope you will stay in touch, and that your advice will be taken to heart by others.

p.s. I've wondered since your last post if you were able to find any clothes you liked when you went shopping?

Sue

Amenâ¦..good advice for both young and old!

Sorry about your loss. Such a beautify story. I think it's wonderful that you had two great loves in your life. Sending Hugs to you.

Thank you for the advice. I don't visit my Mom as much as I should, but I will change that. I'm sorry for your loss.

I'm so sorry for your loss. What a lovely way to inform us, citing all the good things you were able to share after being reunited.

Your story reminds me of the suitor my mother refused when they were both very young. (She was only 17, and she and her parents thought this was premature.) As my mother was dying of leukemia, a lifelong friend sent her news of this man -- by then a widower of many years. He came across the country to spend a week with my mother, bringing the photo she'd inscribed to him so long ago, and bringing the perfect little diamond ring he'd kept all these years.

I know their marriage would have been uneven. He was a quiet, homebody person, and my mother became a successful career woman. However, I thought he was a much finer person than the successful businessman she did marry (and divorce) -- my father.

Sometimes we underestimate how romantic and sentimental a man can be.

Thank you so much for sharing this, Senior Gal. It's something we all need to be reminded of from time to time. I'm going to pick up the phone and call my aunt this evening. I do love that dear lady, we always end up giggling like school girls when we talk.

.I am so sorry to hear that your beloved DH has passed. Being one of the "elders" here, I thank you for sharing your story today as DH and I count our blessings and celebrate our 60th anniversary. I can't imagine my life without him, and am glad to see that you are continuing to think of others while living with your grief. Many Hugs..... Nanny

I am so sorry about your DH passing, but how wonderful that you had some happy years together. Your story was so sweet, and I'd say that you were certainly blessed.

When my mother passed away in 2009, we worried about Dad. They had been happily married for 63 years. Shortly after her passing, his childhood sweetheart contacted him (she had remained best friends with his sister)--her DH passed a few months before my mother. Although they live 3,000 miles apart, they visit each other, take vacations together, and speak on the telephone at least once each day. It's been wonderful for both of them to have companionship. He will be 92 next month; she will be 91 in June. She has become like a second mother to me and my brother...and our actions let her know how much we care about her.