This has been a day of reflection! My wonderful husband, Harold, turned 72 today and that reminded me that in less four months, I will 68!!! Looking back, I realize that all I did was raise 4 unique young people, 3 boys and one girl, as a single mom. Then in the fall of 1993, after a terribly sad year, I started college. The sadness was that my 25 year old son, Kevin, died because of HIV. I will always miss him, but I promised him that I would still go to college. So in September I started my course in Library Information and Technology. We are called Library Techs. I loved every moment of my three years in college. In June, 1996, I graduated and started job hunting. At 53, it was hard to find work, but i did, just not in a library, but in an office using my computer skills. It was interesting and I learned more about computers. In 1998, our family was hit by sorrow once again when my oldest son overdosed and was gone. I nearly had a breakdown, but my family, church family and my faith helped me to hold on and go on living.
That fall, while using a chat site online called ICQ I met a funny guy from Nova Scotia and we talked nearly every day till 2000. By the way, I lived on the west coast, in British Columbia. On Feb. 2, 2000, he asked me to marry him and after a few days of thought and prayer, I said yes. By the 7th of April I was in Halifax! We got married 2 years and 20 days later and are very happy.
Next installment: More about being a Senior!
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