Loneliness and Isolation

I find our new house provides lots of loneliness and isolation. I knew it when we moved out here and I stopped working that my life would be very different. But I don ' t think I realized how different until now.Last winter and spring I was busy getting settled into our new house - and painting about half the rooms in the house. Then I was busy gardening and being outside. Then it was craft show season. Now not so much. I ' m not going to finish painting the house until after the holidays but that only takes up so much of my time.Our neighborhood is full of people who work. The woman on one side is home with two small children to keep her busy. The woman on the other side is retired and never seems to be home. I have taken time to get to know her but I don ' t think we have that much in common.Most of my friends work full time or nearly full time so they aren ' t available during the week, or they are not very local and a good drive away.My Christmas presents are all purchased. I have to put a few more in tissue in gift bags. I am waiting for a couple last things. I have one idea of one thing to make and that ' s it.I love my husband but he isn ' t here all day long. He works full time and then comes home and does his own thing. This is important because he needs time to relax. When he ' s not here, he ' s busy, even if I am not. So I can ' t expect him to focus on me the second he walks in the door until we go to bed at night. I can ' t count on him to fill my time when he i...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: friends housebound isolation loneliness Source Type: blogs