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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The weird part is just life in general.

There is always a orderly plan for life with important goals and strong motivators from elementary school until children graduate college.

Then there’s this weird void with less important and ambiguous goals of your choosing. Nobody really talks much about it or plans for it. It’s just an odd period. Especially after your parents die… you are next to go over the edge of the conveyer belt , lol. Clinging to high volume involvement in your kids busy lives is actually kind of insecure and selfish. There are actually some really important things you can do with church involvement, aiding a hospice etc… but there is no set blueprint like life before.[/quote]

I do volunteer,  of course. But why am I left with no family, expected only to be of service. I am no longer beautiful or young, bummer for everyone else,  no longer as agile, but doing ok, so- I'm less useful I guess. I've loved everyone all my life. Is it too much to ask to be loved and cared for by anyone? You can imagine what a long married couple goes through when one of them dies. It's horrific- the end of everything. 
I wish I could count on just being loved and not just needed by my family. 
Re: Mother’s and Father's Day. I see the obligatory actions,and it depressed me. I wish it wasn't even a holiday actually. [/quote]

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