Confronting the Void
After Sue Vanderhyde, 56, suddenly lost her husband, Sandy, four years ago, she found a healthy distraction in her work as a grade-school teacher, but at night she came home to an empty house. At first, she planned activities with other singles to avoid being around couples. "You feel very alienated from your other friends because they are couples and you're not. At first they include you, but then later, they don't quite as much."
Confronting the Void
After Sue Vanderhyde, 56, suddenly lost her husband, Sandy, four years ago, she found a healthy distraction in her work as a grade-school teacher, but at night she came home to an empty house. At first, she planned activities with other singles to avoid being around couples. "You feel very alienated from your other friends because they are couples and you're not. At first they include you, but then later, they don't quite as much."
