When fear and distrust is your go to place
i am traveling for the first time with a new friend and neighbor, another reason widow like myself. In our own ways we are each trying to uncover the self previously hidden in a partnership. When I am most in touch, and most honest, I find myself out of sync with either the mainstream or perhaps just in the current setting. My travel mate lives with a lot of fears. Fears of the evil in this world, and there is certainly evil. Fear of new and unknown settings. Fear of people. This evening I ask for a ride from another senior couple in our summer citizen senior complex. I never thought for a moment that this wasn’t safe, and it was safe. What evil could possibly lurk in the hearts and minds of a handicapped senior couple who have been living here since May 15? I never hesitated asking for and accepting a ride with them. My roommate would never have done that because there are evil people in this world. How much we cut o...