Lani,
My father and stepdad are both gone but I still have my mom who is a heaslty, happy 88. She lives alone, drives all over, and is a bundle of energy. She just retired at age 87 and is mad now because she misses her work. Says shes bored.
I'm sure there will be many women who need to learn from the experiences you've had with your parents deaths.

Like Dee says, the weekends are quiet usually except for a few of us die hard posters...The keepers of the moat!
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