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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] The above appeared as one comment due to quote fail,  so:

I am not in need of ideas of things to do. I am very active. In fact, I do almost everything on this list, except the Nats. I am not into sports..and will not be ever playing golf as well, which is a lifestyle in and of itself. Never understood golf and it's appeal. I'm not sitting alone wondering how to fill my time. I cook, refinish furniture, volunteer in several organizations, am politically active, write, manage two IG
business accounts that are turning profitable, interestingly enough- wasn't expecting that. I design fabric, I garden. We are big theater goers, before pandemic, and will be again. We have friends. Some,though, have moved to Florida into over 55 resort type communities. That's not me. They are finding out it might not be them, either!
I am talking about a loss of family, of a community, of support, of love, and what that looks like going forward alone. My parents and grandparents were enveloped by family.
I guess it was short lived, and I'll have to accept that.

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I understand op. It is as if family vanishes into thin air.  I grew up with lots of cousins and big family reunions and trips together. I'm the youngest of a large family, All of my siblings scattered across the globe for jobs and after my father died, the holidays were often just my mother and I . We were close to extended family on my mom's side but saw one another less and less through the years. I had to deal with this before I reached adulthood and now I am seeing friends and other family go through this. It is sad. My favorite aunt really held the family together but has experienced the same.  My uncle had altzhiemers and died. Her oldest child died of dementia at 60. A grandchild that they were close to died in his 20s. The remaining grandkids they raised have moved states away for jobs and many holidays are small now. There are lots of people who experience this shrinking of family and it is hard to see friends who don't experience it.  Hugs op. I get it. [/quote]

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