Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum

Prompt: What is the best daring thing you have ever done? Write about this in your Blog entry today.

Well, believe it our not, getting married at 77 years of age to a gentlemen of 89. I had been married and lost my husband to cancer 12 years ago. My new husband, Freddie, was married for 60 years and lost his wife to cancer several years ago. We met on-line, here at Writing.com, and decided to have a date. He asked me to arrange it and he would pay for it. So, me being in Utah and he being in Florida, I picked about half way. Well, to me half way was San Antonia, Texas. We spent the weekend there, having a great time getting to know each other.

I was reluctant to remarry. I was sharing a place and paying along with my son (who recently went through a divorce). We were comfortable, shared a great beautiful dog together and I was near my two granddaughters. It was hard to decide to uproot myself, some of my belongings, son, granddaughers and my dog, and make a change in my life. I did it and I am so happy.

Probably the hardest way deciding what I was going to keep and what to get rid of. I ended up moving to Florida. That alone was a big decision. I had already left California and moved to Utah in 2010 when my first husband was dying of cancer. To move again, OMG!

I boxed up items and mailed over $1000 of boxes to Florida. Fred picked out homes, showed me pictures via computer and we decided to move to a adult community center. With him I also inherited a mix Jack Russell/Chihuahua 7 plus years (set in his ways) dog.

Three plus years we are still together, even the dog, having a ball!

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