Camping, celebrated wife’s birthday, met new friends

[Bill V]

Well I’m now camping with friends at the coast where my wife and I camped many time in the past but not at this campground. Yesterday was my wife’s birthday and myself and my friends celebrated her birthday. I have been doing OK so far here but I’m avoiding a couple of placed that were very special to us, will save going there in a future trip I don’t want to push it to much.

Now here is the crazy thing a couple came in yesterday to the site right next to me, it was later in the afternoon and I had my generator running charging my batteries. Well I was feeling I bit down because of my wife’s birthday and when I turned off the generator the guy said thanks and I just ignored him, I was being a jerk. Later I felt bad for doing that it’s not me at all, I talk to everyone. So this morning I talked to him and apologized for my behavior and told him why I was acting like I did. He said thank you but he understood 100% he had lost his wife only a week before me and his traveling partner had also just lost her husband maybe a month before us. We had a nice talk they run a forum or group for Alzheimer’s   As both lost their loved ones to it. His partner’s husband was bed ridden for 19 years before he passed. We all had our spouses die in our arms. We shared so many similarities with our stories. We’re staying touch via text message for now, such a wonderful couple and what are the odds we would be right next to each other camping.   

[KayC]

Wow, sometimes I feel things are meant to be, like your meeting them when you did!  It is hard going through their birthdays, and also reminders of times shared and now gone, very hard.  You are doing well to listen to what you feel you can handle, and what to save for another time.  

[tnd]

On 3/2/2022 at 10:11 PM, Bill V said:

Well I’m now camping with friends at the coast where my wife and I camped many time in the past but not at this campground. Yesterday was my wife’s birthday and myself and my friends celebrated her birthday.

Bill V:  I'm sure it's hard getting out without your wife but it's good that you are. Sounds especially nice that you celebrated her birthday. I'd like to think our spouses would want us to be happy and not isolate ourselves. And it's always good to make new friends, such as the ones you mentioned farther into your post. Hope the healing process continues to go well for you. It's been a lot of years since I went camping. Nowadays camping for me would have to be at a luxurious hotel.