Gratitude for New Friends Love and Support
Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 43 secondsJan’s graveside funeral was held at Beth Israel Cemetery seven months ago. When we met in 1973, I was alone. Now I am alone again.
No one knows how to predict the future, especially after losing the love of your life.
This period of living alone has been much more complex than the life I lived before meeting Jan.
Some friends I thought would help me disappeared within the first month. New friends have filled the void with love and support online and in person.
They are like the penguins in the photo, comforting me in my time of greatest need.
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Estimated reading time: 0 minutes, 43 secondsTobias Baumgaertner won an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean Photography Awards 2020, capturing this image of two widowed fairy penguins looking over the Melbourne skyline.
A younger male lost his partner two years ago, and the penguin on the right is an elderly female whose partner died this year. Biologists have followed them as they meet every night to comfort each other, standing for hours together, watching the lights.