by Betsy Dane | Dec 30, 2019 | Rambling, This and That
You know, as the year draws to a close, I have begun to think more and more about the definition of friendship. Sadly, everyone is a “friend” according to the Facebook world. There are no acquaintances, no just “people I know”…everyone is...
by Betsy Dane | Sep 19, 2019 | This and That
Please realize that this blog is not meant to dis anyone who DOES live in a 55+ community…each of us has to do what is right for our own mindset, situation and comfort. And please also note that I do not, for one second, think I am under 55. Quite the opposite....
by Betsy Dane | Sep 8, 2019 | Grief
After careful consideration, and with a tremendous amount of thought and introspection, I have decided that some of my feelings about the effects of the loss of my beloved husband have been misguided. Don’t get me wrong. There isn’t a day when I...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 27, 2019 | Grief
For those who have experienced the deep and profound loss of a loved one, we have been inundated with the words (some wise, some foolish) of our friends and family members on how to deal with things. For many of us, it is a difficult roller coaster ride of processing...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 17, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
Recently I had lunch with an old friend whose dad passed away five years ago. His parents lived in a house in a small town in the Midwest for many years, and she is struggling with her “recovery”, her moving forward, after losing her long time...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 15, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
One of the things I have learned through this journey called life is that there is an amazingly fine line between holding on to things that hold good memories and being a hoarder. When my father passed away over thirty years ago, while we had always considered my...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 12, 2019 | Grief, Moving On in Life
This past week I went “home” to Sarasota. We had lived there for fifteen years before moving to Tennessee together to semi-retire. It was the first time I had really gone anywhere without my beloved Tom (other than moving out west) and I traveled with a...
by Betsy Dane | Aug 9, 2019 | This and That
Recently, I had the opportunity to have dinner with an old friend. We have “talked” via social media for several years, but we were able to have a “real live…in person…give me a HUGE hug…I have missed you” kind of dinner😁. Of...
by Betsy Dane | Jul 27, 2019 | Grief
For those of us who love dogs (and who among us doesn’t?), one of the most endearing things a dog can do is look at you with those soulful eyes and…tilt his or her head to one side. It might mean “I’m sorry”😥, or “What did you...
by Betsy Dane | Jul 22, 2019 | This and That
When I first started to think about writing a blog, I did so thinking I would write about grief. Having suddenly lost my beloved soulmate of 40 years in April 2018, I thought that that was all there was…just getting by, day by day, with the overwhelming grief...