I'm glad to see you posting! The more the merrier! Everyone's contributions help enliven the posts, and they add fresh thoughts to the discusions.
I enjoy being on here and interacting with other people on their ideas, and I like to contribute my own thoughts. Often times that stirs other people up to make contributions.
My wife, Carol, and I have been married 42 years this last August 31st. We have been very close through all the years, never having been apart for very long at any one time. So basically Carol and I have been all those things to each other on that list. We have been very close, and I don't really like it when she is gone even for short periods of time, but I realize that she sometimes needs to be gone, as I do also, and that is okay.
Carol is working really hard to take care of herself. She has diabetes, but she takes her medications and eats the right foods as much as it is possible. Her heart has been damaged from taking blood pressure medications years ago. That results in her not having endurance. She is not as strong as she used to be, and she gets really tired a lot of the time. She spends a lot of her time resting and sleeping. Carol suffers from depression also, and takes medications for that. Carol is past the stage in her life to be able to work. She couldn't work at a job if she wanted to. We do the best we can. We have a lot of history together now and enjoy being with our families. We enjoy life together. I am glad Carol is with me, and I would never want to live alone!