{"id":196235,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196235-an-outing","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196235","headline":"An Outing","content":"I was reminded,\r\nby a good friend,\r\nto get out and about,\r\nif I wanted my sadness to end.\r\n\r\nHere is an observation of yesterday,\r\nat the Crossroad Mall, in Bellevue.\r\nI noticed several older men, flying solo,\r\nwith a faraway look in their eyes.\r\n\r\nAlone? Lonely? Why? Looking for companionship,\r\nmay be the reason. Few of use want to be alone,\r\nor not have someone to talk to. \r\nI've noticed, for me that it's a bigger issue than\r\nI had thought it was.\r\n\r\n\r\nI made an escape from the Senior Living facility,\r\nwhere I reside. I like it there but it's like family,\r\nand the last place I want to be to seek companionship,\r\nis there. Not because of the people but due to the \r\nclose proximity of a place, where this little privacy.\r\nEveryone knows what everyone is doing. Not for me,\r\nalthough I do have many friends there who I love\r\nlike siblings. Thank you for reading this short ditty\r\nof life at a late age in life.","content_plain":"I was reminded,\r\nby a good friend,\r\nto get out and about,\r\nif I wanted my sadness to end.\r\n\r\nHere is an observation of yesterday,\r\nat the Crossroad Mall, in Bellevue.\r\nI noticed several older men, flying solo,\r\nwith a faraway look in their eyes.\r\n\r\nAlone? Lonely? Why? Looking for companionship,\r\nmay be the reason. Few of use want to be alone,\r\nor not have someone to talk to. \r\nI've noticed, for me that it's a bigger issue than\r\nI had thought it was.\r\n\r\n\r\nI made an escape from the Senior Living facility,\r\nwhere I reside. I like it there but it's like family,\r\nand the last place I want to be to seek companionship,\r\nis there. Not because of the people but due to the \r\nclose proximity of a place, where this little privacy.\r\nEveryone knows what everyone is doing. Not for me,\r\nalthough I do have many friends there who I love\r\nlike siblings. Thank you for reading this short ditty\r\nof life at a late age in life.","published_at":"2024-05-20T03:24:59-07:00","updated_at":"2024-05-20T23:14:29-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with MFish on Kudos 365. View their post published May/20/2024 on Life Stories - Memories. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":17,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/196235-an-outing","headline":"An Outing","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"datePublished":"2024-05-20T03:24:59-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":17}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}]}}