3 years later- feeling hopeful

In 3 days, it will be 3 years since Bill died. I had so much to learn about myself when I found myself sitting alone in my home in Sedona.It wasn't a bad journey but it has been hard work and struggle. I missed my comfortable routine with the love of my life. Our life wasn't perfect, but it was our life and I knew what to expect most of the time. I struggled financially, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. I made mistakes and I learned to laugh at myself. I cried and I learned I could heal-in time-in spite of the pain. A year and half ago, I reunited a friendship from high school. After 40 years, we found we hadn't changed that much except for the physical part. Kent lost his wife to death- the love of his life - a year after I lost Bill. We started to talk on the phone and met in Orlando a year ago. We had seen each other and our spouses at school reunions - the last was 2009. Who would have guessed that a short time later, we would both be single and longing for a partner to continue to share our life with. I'm engaged! We are planning to marry but combining families is difficult. We both have so much in common and share a desire for the simple pleasures in life. We plan to travel and see all that we can see- experience life to the fullest as long as we can. We are realistic and know that sooner or later one of us will start having health problems, slow down, or be diagnosed with some horrible life threatening disease. But until that day, we plan to live each day joyfully in the present. Enjoy one another and treat each other kindly with love. Communicate and not be afraid to show our love. Forgive our mistakes and learn from them. I'm hopeful that I can have a life again that is comfortable but exciting. A good thing to wake up to each morning and say, "Yes, I'm still here!"