I once had a house that I loved very much where I lived with my wife.

…ar earlier and he was still in shock. They’d always thought he would go first. But she was gone and the house they’d bought together was no longer home. He’d forget to eat, he said, and sit around at night listening to sad songs until he wanted to die …
After Years In A Foreign Country, Some Ex-Pats Say They Just Want To Go Home Again
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I once had a house that I loved very much where I lived with my wife. The relationship with my wife failed and after that the house I'd cared for so carefully turned into an unremarkable stack of wood.
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Written by Orrin Onken
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I am a retired elder law attorney who lives near Portland, Oregon. I write legal mysteries for Salish Ponds Press and articles about being old.
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