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ret5hd

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17. Hah! I may have taken a different track than you...

Wed Sep 20, 2023, 05:22 PM

Sep 2023

I can fit every material thing of any real importance to me in two backpacks and a van.

We live in a small house with a bed, couch, folding table, a refrigerator, a 7” TV (yeah, not a typo), and some kitchen supplies. And our cellphones of course.

Everything that we NEED can be packed in 15 or 20 minutes. Anything else is physical comfort but would not be emotionally missed.

A while back I watched that short documentary that your friend made about you. What a wonderful existence you have chiseled/carved/built for yourself, and what a wonderful family and friends you have. I am jealous, but at the same time realize I could not live that way.

May some day, unplanned, unscheduled, our paths cross, even if only for a few seconds on a city corner. I am sure that even if neither realized who the other was, we would smile at each other.

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I don't know. Probably the wrong group. [View all] Srkdqltr Sep 2023 OP

Sending you hugs to get get you through until your retreat! MLAA Sep 2023 #1

Jeebus...you're 83! You get to say and feel... ret5hd Sep 2023 #2

Yes actually husband is probably in the same place as I am. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #3

Sister, I hear you. WhiteTara Sep 2023 #4

the trouble w getting old- u know at some point, mopinko Sep 2023 #5

I've got a STRONG feeling... ret5hd Sep 2023 #15

it might b my kids, cuz mopinko Sep 2023 #16

Hah! I may have taken a different track than you... ret5hd Sep 2023 #17

fwiw mopinko Sep 2023 #18

Man, I am really sorry to hear all that. ret5hd Sep 2023 #20

hence my pessimism. mopinko Sep 2023 #21

also mopinko Sep 2023 #19

And sometimes we just get tired and that's alright. Biophilic Sep 2023 #6

Thank you all!!! Just being heard helps. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #7

... AKwannabe Sep 2023 #8

Totally relate!!!! If I walk 20', my heart is thumping out of my chest and I'm gasping for air! Karadeniz Sep 2023 #9

You know what? Alliepoo Sep 2023 #10

Thank you I'm going just that now. You guys are all so helpful. Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #11

Meal service? Iris Sep 2023 #22

I've been there XanaDUer2 Sep 2023 #12

suggestions for easier living GenXer47 Sep 2023 #13

OMG.. I can't stop laughing. Thank you!!! Srkdqltr Sep 2023 #14