Sylvia Spragg:  

Just sitting here in Fl. I just lost my husband in June of last year. Can't say I have adjusted to it yet. I am sure it must take a long time before the thought doesn't make you cry. Thank goodness my oldest daughter only lives about 1 mile from me. We live in a small town called Lake Helen. It is just like it must have been 50 years ago. We have no grocery store, no drug store, no department stores. We only have 2 gas stations and a couple of small restaurants. Have to drive to the connecting towns for all the above. I have made some friends in the 2 1/2 years I've lived here but I still miss Akron. I lived there most of my entire life and I miss my friends of 55 years or more and the familiarity of Akron. It is strange though I feel like I'm in mid air. Not really contented here but not contented in Akron either. I don't feel like I have a home town anymore. My husband was sick and wanted to come to Fl. where he would be warmer all the time because the winters were hard on him. I resisted that move for quite some time but finally gave in to his wishes. I knew that he would pass after we moved...Expand for more