Are you ready to take the leap and date again?

By Judie Holcomb-Pack When my husband died in 2018, I accepted the fact that I would wear the title “widow’ for the rest of my life. At my age, the thought of dating never entered my mind. I planned to live the rest of my life alone and fill that void with family, friends and other interests. There’s an old adage that goes, if you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans.  Through happenstance, I met an interesting man who joined an organization I belonged to and we became friends through our mutual love of writing. It wasn’t long before we were spending more time together and six months later we became a “couple.” Until that time, I only knew of one other older person who was “dating” and, bless her heart, she was in her 80s. Thinking about the upcoming Valentine’s Day, I began to wonder about other older couples and how their relationship was different than when they were younger. I found two other older couples who were willing to share their experiences, along with my boyfriend, David, who chimed in on our relationship. The participants. I asked each couple ten questions about love at an...