I am 68, and my marriage of 46 years is ending. Until today, in my efforts to deal with this loss and continue to be a father with our seven adult children, I have taken the “lone-warrior” approach: “I can handle this. I know what to do.” The 8-minute call episode opened my eyes to the self-inflicted loss I was enduring through my failure to reach out these last months to Bill, my friend of 30 years. Bill knows me in and out, and he has preceded me in this difficult transition in his own life.After reading the newsletter early this morning, I texted Bill and we scheduled a phone call for this afternoon, probably our first direct conversation since the death of Bill’s mother two years ago.The conversation was all I could have hoped for. Broke the 8 minute limit early on, and have exchanged texts several times since. I am sold.

I am 68, and my marriage of 46 years is ending. Until today, in my efforts to deal with this loss and continue to be a father with our seven adult children, I have taken the “lone-warrior” approach: “I can handle this. I know what to do.” The 8-minute call episode opened my eyes to the self-inflicted loss I was enduring through my failure to reach out these last months to Bill, my friend of 30 years. Bill knows me in and out, and he has preceded me in this difficult transition in his own life.After reading the newsletter early this morning, I texted Bill and we scheduled a phone call for this afternoon, probably our first direct conversation since the death of Bill’s mother two years ago.The conversation was all I could have hoped for. Broke the 8 minute limit early on, and have exchanged texts several times since. I am sold.

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