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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes I think so.  I think your word choice "life is over" was a bit dramatic, but if you read the rest of your post, you are okay.  Really, it's "THAT life is over and THIS life has begun, and I'm okay with it" is what I'm reading.

For me (55 y.o.) my past life is over, and it was both fun and hell and I'm glad I lived it but happy to be where I am now (and would not want to re-do it).  For me, I was very career-driven and that's over, my parents and uncles/aunts are now dead and that is now over.  Looking for a mate is over; being youthfully striking is over, not being a mom and being able to just concentrate on myself is over.

For me, what is the *now* is DH and teenagers.  In the near future, I'm looking forward to my one difficult teen being in college and so having more free time, then traveling with my DH.  I am pretty excited about my future.  Most of the time I'm at peace with having lived different lives, and some of them being over.[/quote]

^ Good response.  OP, I think we have to find our own joy. Whatever that may be, whatever stage of life it is.

Right now, you are at a stage where you've been significantly impacted by losses. That understandably makes life seem empty.  But that's transitory.  The empty spaces will fill up once again, once you discover what it is that will fill them.  Be open to every possibility! [/quote]

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