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Nov 22, 2021
My wife and I have had 54+ wonderful years of marriage. Fourteen years ago I began to notice changes. We went through the first six stages of Alzheimer's Disease together. She is now in a nursing facility, no longer recognizes me, and one stage remains. I am still in good health, active and have the capacity to do many things (travel, hike, work, love). I've accepted her illness as terminal but have difficulty accepting a future of loneliness without a companion. I need a friend and, like the song says, "I tried." My daily struggles are expressed in the Old Violin. This song says it all.