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The Widow’s Disease

By Judith Levy after commodity, whereas a woman alone is seen by many an appendage that needs to be sawed off the tree? Will you
as a pariah, to be offered condolences and then you smile never regain your former status till you again find another
It’s a most difficult time. at her as you pass her by. Years ago, the Eskimos would partner, which is difficult to do as there are many fewer
You’ve lost your partner put her on an ice floe and then goodbye to her, or in India single men than woman. So, where to turn for help?
and with it down the drain she would be thrown on the funeral pyre along with her The best help you’ll ever get is at the end of your own
goes your life, if you let husband. Well, who needs a widow anyhow? right arm. Do join other women, take time to go to the
it. Suddenly people you Sadly, if you’re the unfortunate one who finds herself gym, you could use a little tightening up and exercise
shared many good times in this position don’t look for someone to reach out and will feel good and lift your spirits.
with are now giving you include you. If you are included, be pleased, but don’t Don’t be saddened by the dashed expectations
a wide berth, and after the expect those invitations to last, they won’t. You must seek you have for people not reaching out to you after the
first obligatory once out to out and find other women in a similar situation or you’ll obligatory one time let’s take the widow to dinner and
dinner, you don’t hear from them again. You would be find yourself completely alone. Holidays that are coming then goodbye. Those people need to get the new vaccine,
pleased to pay your way, in fact you insist on it, but the up won’t include you unless you join other single women, a shot of caring about the person who finds herself alone.
invitations are not forthcoming once you are not a couple. if they have room at their table, because couples will pass It would help if they would remember your years of
This does not happen to a man. Once he sadly loses his you by. You’ll wonder what ever happened to your old friendship, but many don’t and won’t know how shattered
partner the brisket brigade beats a hurried path to his door, friends? Did they forget about you? Do the wives see you you feel till they walk in your shoes.
clearly this fish needs to be reeled in, or he can simply take as a threat? Do the husbands feel they must pay for you Life offers that difficult journey to all women, sooner
a seat at the bar and comfortably order a drink, which a even though you have said repeatedly that you want to pay or later. So, while you have the chance, reach out and offer
woman alone can’t or won’t do. A single man is a sought- for yourself? What is your position now in life? Are you someone hoping the phone will ring, a cup of kindness.
You’ll be a better person for it and the next holiday make
room at your table for her.
Board Of Directors Judith Levy is the New York Times best-selling author

May 2021 – May 2022 Officers/Executive Committee of GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS, which has sold
over four million copies and has been translated into five
languages and the mega best-seller GRANDFATHER
Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Howard Weinstein (El Dorado) REMEMBERS, published by HarperCollins. Both are
Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche, available on Amazon. 
Secretary Steve King and El Dorado
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 6 Connie Murray (Villa Flora)
Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Del Sol, and Palladium
District Directors District 7 Alan Markoff (The Plum) Attention
District 1 Mary Ann Frazier (Palms) The Plum/Cortina, Villa Sonrisa and Pointe 100
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 8 Robert Cornell (Costa Brava) Boca Pointe
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Costa Del Sol and Costa Brava
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater)
and Panaché Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court Residents!
District 3 Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana)
La Mirada and Meridiana At Large Directors Flatten All Your Boxes!
District 4 Michael Ehrentreu (El Viento)
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Through 2022 Through 2023 Our recycling trucks do not pick up your cardboard boxes
Chandra Stewart-Keith (Panaché) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada) if they are not flattened. Instead, they go to trash and are burned
Bob Greenstein (Lakes of La Paz) Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Del Sol) with regular refuse....lost revenue for residents of Boca Pointe. 
Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Carsten Bethge (Valencia)

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