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Entirely unbeknownst to me, life was about to change.

This happens to all of us, I know that.  That doesn’t make it any easier, however.

So here we are at this blog, and I welcome you here.

Every morning that I was employed as a counseling specialist for our brave US soldiers who leave the military camp to start another chapter in their lives; I mindlessly go through life’s motions and waited for the next paycheck to arrive. Little did I know, this job began from temporary to permanent. Yes, permanently gone. Did I wake up on the wrong side of the bed? Amidst the country’s failing economy, I got caught in the thank-you-for-your-time-pack-your-bags-and-leave situation.

I am a 60++ old woman with nowhere to go, but maybe the home for the elderly. I went into hibernation and stopped social relationships with my so-called friends. Whatever savings I had will surely not compensate those Bingo nights and out-of-town weekend trips.

At nights, I curl up in my single room apartment and wished I wouldn’t wake up the following day. Oh, I had my fair share of life’s ups and downs, but not as tragic as this one. Husband #2 left when he found out that I won’t bear a child. My uterus is shaped like a T meaning I had a slim chance of bearing a child – like 1 in a million.

I can’t live alone, unwanted and of course, unemployed. My head is spinning clock-wise and counter clock-wise at the thought of spending my golden years with nothing. Now, with this hurdle in my life, should I take a leap of faith or rot in the dark? This happens to be my first week full of devastation and remorse.

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