I look back for throwback Thursday to a post written in September 2013. I wonder if these recent events or the aftermath of these which hasn’t yet occurred would have appeared in my post if I was writing it today…….
How alone you are without friends. This was the situation for my Great-Aunt and then my maternal Grandmother: they had become so old that they were the last of their line. I fear it will soon be the case for my mother also. It’s all well and good to have your children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews but how can they replace your friends and relatives of the same generation as yourself. You can’t indulge in a trip down memory lane with people who weren’t around at the time.
I know my Great Aunt felt it keenly. She enjoyed our company but we really didn’t compensate. She would tell us events of her past but could never say “do you remember where you were when the WWI was declared?” No-one to reminisce with, about when she received the notification telegram that her husband was killed in the war, or that she had fallen in…
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Many people love to say they would love to live to a ripe old age, say past 100 years. But how many of our friends will be joining us for an impromptu lunch? My husband’s aunt at 97 bemoans the fact that her friends were all gone. When I mentioned the many younger friends she had, she pointed out the lack of history she shared with them. All of my husband’s friends have passed, and though we have many young friends, he feels the lack. His sister is 90 and other than me there is no one who remembers . I still have a few women friends from my youth, and a few others formed thru the years, but they are leaving one by one. It is an interesting time of life.
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You are there. At least you and your husband have each other and I hope you are in good health.As you say ” It is an interesting time of life”
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