That is so great that you found an opportunity to be helpful to others and this will help you so much. It is hard to take that first step but you have and I think you will find this more helpful to...
Hi LHA, I understand your concern about online safety and you are right. I have had good success in the past emailing a few people and one actually became a good friend that I got together with. If...
Hi LHA1112, I sure know what you are going through. You don't understand when your kids are growing up how hard it is going to be an empty nester. I only have my two sons but they have their own...
Hi Margie, I saw your email on your profile and if you would like to email with me I would be happy to contact you and give you support. We can chat a bit and if I email you, you will then have my...
Karen, I checked my member profile and my email is listed as unavailable so that it doesn't show on my posts. I don't know how to fix it. I will just see if someone wants to email me through a post...
Hi Karen, Thanks for your response. I do have my email listed on my profile but it is hidden from posts. Would someone have to look me up under members to find my email? Just checking as my last post...
Thank you so much for your reply. I know how lucky we are to have grandchildren. It is just hard to know they are there and we can't see them and watch them grow. My family doesn't live so far away...
Hi, It has been a very long time since I have posted on the forum and now I am a senior citizen. I live alone and am finding my situation unbearable. I have two sons, one who lives close to me but he...
Thank you all for your helpful replies. I did not mention before, but I have glaucoma and had surgery in each eye this spring. I am fine now. I understand that plaquenil can cause retina problems. I...
My dr. wants to prescribe plaquenil for me even though I don't have RA or lupus or malaria. He thinks I have inflammatory arthritis in my hands even though my sed rate is normal and my blood work...
Thank you all for your helpful replies. I will give church another try,at least go to services and talk to different members. I am going to a new group tomorrow to play mah jongg so I will sew how it...
Thank you for your reply. I live in a small community and I would have to get into the city to find a meetup group and since I can't drive at night it's a problem. But your idea about religion is a...
I have a terrible problem with loneliness. The bad times for me are when I come home in the afternoon and all is quiet and then I know I have to make my dinner and sit alone again and eat my dinner....
Hi Nadia, I understand how you are feeling. I can get overwhelmed with sadness and loneliness. What helps me the most is getting out of the house, even just to go to the store to pick up one item or...
Hi Hope,I really appreciate you answering me. It makes me feel so much better when I know someone is willing to take the time to write. It is hard when you move to establish yourself in a new...