Alone, Alone, All, All Alone...

From The Rime of the Ancient Mariner....by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
"Alone, alone, all, all alone...alone on a wide wide sea..."

Someone mentioned to my daughter a week ago that he could understand how I wouldn't want to take a four-hour trip alone.  She was incredulous, as am I.  I take trips of that length, and more, every time I go up to visit my daughter and grandchildren...alone.  I have driven a 13-hour trip to visit friends--and back--in one day, alone.  I go to church alone, cook meals alone, clean house alone, and generally face the world alone.  Guess what?  It's not a problem for me!  It's been my life for 22 years.  I don't have a spouse to spot for me, so I do what I can. 

The only things I won't do alone are: go to restaurants or movies.  Thankfully, my church and radio friends fill in the gaps.  I am so blessed!   Friend Ryan and I shared Les Miserables, and I have been out to eat with him and his wife, plus my Sunday School class, just this week alone.  God provides!

I live alone, but I am NOT alone.  I do enjoy my solitude.  It's part of who I am.  I understand that many people in my situation would shrivel, but I'm not a shrinking violet. 

So don't give up on me yet.  I am still mobile and able...and the rest of the world can kiss my rear!