The author with her late husband, Al, in healthier times. Three years ago, I stood beside my husband Al’s bed and prepared to say goodbye.
After 25 years of marriage, cancer was taking him where I could not follow. Before he died, he looked at me and said something that shocked me at the time.
“Diane, you’ll need another man.”
I immediately dismissed the idea. I was 80 years old. I had already experienced a full life. What on earth would I need another man for? I certainly wasn’t looking for one.
Then life did what life often does. It ignored my plans.
Just a few months after Al died, friends introduced me to a man named Bob. I welcomed it because I was experiencing what I later discovered, after many late-night Google searches, Read Entire Article


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