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A Happy Holiday

Posted on: December 26, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

The gray, overcast, and snow-less Christmas morning had left me listless, especially after two or three virtually identical days preceding it. The gray seemed to get to Lola the Pup, who lolled nearby on the day bed watching me as I half-heartedly worked my arms and shoulders with the thick exercise bands. Mont invited me […]

Categories: Widowed Holidays

Soup and Sandwich

Posted on: December 19, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

I met Paul and Joann for a “holiday” luncheon.  Paul is Lee’s brother; Joanne is his wife.  I hadn’t seen Paul for several months, and it is more than one year since I last saw Joanne.  I had just finished parking my car and was about to feed a meter when I saw them exit […]

Categories: Widowed Effect on Family/Friends

Taking Account at Year’s End

Posted on: December 12, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

In my family, December is dying time. Mom passed away in December a few months before Lee and I married. I still can see my father crying softly during our wedding ceremony, sitting by himself, his wife of more than fifty years gone from his side. Thirteen years later, on a Sunday in December, Dad, […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed Emotions, Uncategorized

Stop Feeling Guilty

Posted on: December 5, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

In 2014, Dr. Lucy C. Hone, a director at the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience and a university researcher witnessed a motorist slam his car into a car that was carrying her young daughter, instantly killing the child. See https://ideas.ted.com/sorrow-and-tragedy-will-happen-to-us-all-here-are-3-strategies-to-help-you-cope/ (Nov. 13, 2019). She recalls, “Suddenly, I was the one on the receiving […]

Categories: Widowed Holidays, Uncategorized

Taking a Pause

Posted on: November 21, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

Lee had directed to be cremated, like her folks. Some of Lee’s cremains are now a part of her beloved Deer Tick Manor, but I have ashes that still must be spread. Next year will mark the fifth anniversary of her passing, and I’m trying to decide where and how best to fulfill my sad […]

Categories: Widowed Milestones

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Posted on: November 14, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

For the second year, I am a volunteer tutor.  By agreement of all involved, once more I am tutoring Zoey, who has advanced to the sixth grade.  Her new middle school curriculum in our tutoring program still focuses on math, reading, and developing social skills. However, this year Zoey’s family, especially her father and older […]

Categories: Miscellaneous, Uncategorized

My Sole Qualification

Posted on: November 7, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

After a long evening of taking in election returns and analysis, I woke up, hungover, not fully recovered from the sleep deprivation. I also faced a sudden, unexpected housecleaning crisis,  when, after nearly five years of reliably working for me, Julia simply failed to show up yesterday as scheduled without a word. My sneaking suspicion […]

Categories: Widowed Emotions

Parting

Posted on: October 31, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

Yesterday, I got a bill from the lawyer who handles my estate plan. I have been tweaking this plan from time to time and still need to confirm the most recent changes.  It is a simple plan, given I don’t have a wife or kids to consider, but I seem to spend undue time agonizing […]

Categories: Widowed Without Children, Widowed Effect on Family/Friends, Uncategorized

Nervous Eating

Posted on: October 24, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

Every day, I see small yellow and red leaves falling in the hundreds, relentless falling leaves coloring the lawn. The geese are gathering. Were they drawn together by chance to form the V-formations cutting across the Fall sky? Occasionally, I will hear them honking off in the distance. Robyn was first to spot the small, […]

Categories: Widowed Memories, Widowed and Healing, Widowed and New Love, Uncategorized

The Nearly Perfect Weekend

Posted on: October 17, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

On Friday, the weather in New York City was picture-perfect. Warm sunshine reflected off the Hudson and the blue sky was completely cloudless. I chatted with a Louisiana woman, now living in New York City.  She was with a bearded man wearing a Louisiana T-shirt and two adolescents. Suddenly, displaying a smile sweet as pie, […]

Categories: Widowed and New Love

Seniors on the Move

Posted on: October 10, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

Tomorrow Robyn and I are off to New York City for Robyn’s birthday weekend!  It is not her actual birthdate.  That occurred in August. Consider it a belated celebration, although, as I recall, we also celebrated heartily on her real birth date. We enjoy any excuse to celebrate together. And, why not? *** Originally, we […]

Categories: Uncategorized

A Wake-Up Call

Posted on: October 3, 2024 | Posted by: Gary Ravitz

I’ve mentioned before that I remain young at heart, despite advancing age. However, for a couple of weeks now, I’ve been experiencing an unusual, mildly alarming health issue that has shaken my confidence a bit.  I can’t get into the particulars, but it suffices to say I am considering how I change my wicked ways […]

Categories: Widowed Therapy

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