Good Morning to everyone. Well, I found a washer. Should be delivered this week. Water Heater (check), windshield (check), washer (check). I am working my way through the list. It is keeping me busy but it distracts me from the sadness. Hope that everyone is well and that May will be sunny and bright for us all.

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

You go Cadee! You are making great progress on your list and sometimes the distractions are good for us. Here's to sun and flowers in the month of May!

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

15 comments (5/7/23) Thank you ALL for your participation, support and luv!!!! Nicole 🤎🤗

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CatherineS641676

Conversationalist ⭐

You will be missed by this girl. Take care, our dear friend. I hope you enjoy Florida-I live in Tallahassee, so this part of Florida is loved by me. Not so crazy about the traffic further south. Let us know how you are from time to time, and again, thanks for all your care and concern for so many of us.

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

5 comments (5/10/23) Dear Catherine @CatherineS641676 , thanks for your PM! Lol, way too busy for this site but know I will always treasure your awesome participation here. Thank you my friend 🤎🤗

➡️@CatherineS641676 wrote:
You will be missed by this girl. Take care, our dear friend. I hope you enjoy Florida-I live in Tallahassee, so this part of Florida is loved by me. Not so crazy about the traffic further south. Let us know how you are from time to time, and again, thanks for all your care and concern for so many of us.⬅️

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

I was just thinking of you today. I hope you are busy in a good way as you create you new home!

Marcy

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

1 comment (5/16/23) Dear Marcy @MarcyW882921 , lol, A LOT to do!!! 🤣😂

Hope you are well my friend....

Nicole 🤎🤗

▶️@MarcyW882921 wrote:
I was just thinking of you today. I hope you are busy in a good way as you create you new home!

Marcy◀️

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Yes a move can be overwhelming. A step at a time and you will get things done.

Doing well...thanks Nicole!

Marcy

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Cadee2719

Community Champion ⭐

Good to hear from you. Mothers Day, my son took me to dinner and we had a quiet, peaceful day. I am like a pogo stick; up and down. More things are breaking. Is it Karma? The city needs to replace the water meter; the pool filter broke, and the air conditioning in the car stopped working!!! With the way my life is going I just decided there is nothing I can do but take one day at a time, fix things and move on. I was always a busy person and I guess my husband is just trying to keep me happy?? by keeping me busy. 😂 I am and will continue to Take One Step At a Time and do the best I can. Wishing everyone on this site Happiness & Peace. I cannot tell you how all of you have helped me through the saddest days of my life. Nicole I hope all goes well with your new home. I, too, am thinking about moving out of state.

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Wow Cadee you just keep getting hit with things! You're right...all you can do is take one step and one day at a time and keep moving forward. You are definitely being kept busy by someone or something. I hope that you find some peace and happiness soon.

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

5 comments (5/18/23) Oh my goodness, OUR @Cadee2719 stopped in to chat with us. HAPPY DANCE!!! 💃🥳

Lol, you have been on my mind "dear friend" but wanted to give you some space as I am giving OUR Kathy @BeatleloverKT .

Some days and nights, WE all just DO NOT feel like "talking" and will when WE feel up to it.

Okay, some "questions" and as usual NO PRESSURE to answer. 👍

(1) Have you thought about contacting the LOA (local office of aging) for YOUR area? 🤔

They look out for us OLD folks in several ways.

So many SCAMS going on with "repairs" and IF you need assistance with costs, they would know where to go.

(2) Do you have any ideas on what STATE?

Virginia (at least in Roanoke) was CHEAP and OLD people friendly.

Lol, Florida, EXPENSIVE and we won't even mention the ELECTRIC bill from year-round heat!!! 😱

Luv you my friend,

Nicole 🤗🤎

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Cadee2719

Community Champion ⭐

Thank You I will check in with the LOA office. I have relatives in Idaho and Pennsylvania. I guess it will be a discussion with my son to see which state he is interested in. He was the one that said we should relocate. I feel bad for him as my only remaining son, he feels pressure of being the only child and thinks he is responsible for replacing his brother/father. I keep telling him that I can do it and he has his own life to live. He has yet to deal with the deaths of his brother, father and uncle. It has been 6 1/2 months since I lost my son, husband and brother. Do you think I am making decisions to relocate too soon? It is so nice to have a format to ask these questions and to have these conversations.

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Continue to: encourage your son to be his own person and show him with actions that you are handling things (because you are). Much of the literature says you shouldn't make any major decisions for a year after a loss. Just like the grief process is unique to each person I think the timing for decision-making is different for each person too. Relocating is a big decision and is an additional stressor. I agree with Nicole that when you are ready, making a list of pros and cons is a good idea. Things like climate, moving expenses, car insurance rates, utility rates, homowner's/renter's insurance, housing availability, property taxes, state taxes, health care, support systems, etc.

BeatleloverKT

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

It has been and continues to be a very rough stretch for me. Major family drama (not my family, the other

side) has created more stress then I could ever have imagined. Am still dealing with a personal stressful agenda and have been brutalized by these people. Called every name in the book. People can be so hurtful. And grieving the loss of the Deptford NJ officer who lost his battle. He was my sons friend and the funeral was this week. I guess this is a test of how much I can take. But I don’t think I can take much more. Asking for prayers for myself because I need them now more than ever 🙏🙏

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

So sorry that your family drama and stress continue to torment you. Dealing with another loss just compounds the situation. I’m sending prayers that you will find some peace and refuge from the storms!

”That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” —Friedrich Nietzsche

BeatleloverKT

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Thank you @MarcyW882921 The support

and prayers mean everything to me

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

1 comment (5/19/23) Dear Kathy @BeatleloverKT , you and @Cadee2719 NEED a break!!! Way TOO MUCH on your plates. I am so sorry "dear friend" and YOU STAY in my thoughts. WE are ALWAYS here for you, Nicole 🤗🤎

BeatleloverKT

Community Champion ⭐⭐⭐

Thank u Nicole, that means a lot to me 🙏💜

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

4 comments (5/20/23) Just finished my 5-hour FREE Cozy Mystery "audiobook" on YOUTUBE.

Starting a FREE movie on TUBI.

Lol, note the word FREE 😂🤣

One of those days of "staying" in bed.....

NEEDED to "recharge and NOT think" = prepare for a NEW week.

Nicole 🙃

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MarcyW882921

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Books and movies are great ways to transport yourself to a new location (without the headaches of travel or moving)! Your imagination can be set free and your mind can take a well deserved break from stress, grief, etc.

Enjoy!

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

1 comment (5/20/23) Thanks Marcy @MarcyW882921 .

The Cozy Mystery audiobooks HELP me to "sleep" = the 5-hour one was from YESTERDAY. As usual, had to "startover" from where I LAST "remembered" the story from. Some days/nights may require several "startovers"/lol 😂🤣

So GRATEFUL for the "authors" who provide these FREE on YouTube. 💃🥳

Nicole 🤎🤗

▶️@MarcyW882921 wrote:
Books and movies are great ways to transport yourself to a new location (without the headaches of travel or moving)! Your imagination can be set free and your mind can take a well deserved break from stress, grief, etc.

Enjoy!◀️

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ChaviB814890restAuthor

Community Manager

1 comment (Tuesday 5/23/23)

So GOOD to hear from you TODAY @mc6844 !!!! 💃🥳

Nicole 🤎🙃🤗

mc6844

Community Champion ⭐⭐

Thanks Nicole. Always nice to drop in and see how the group is doing! How are you?

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