A lonely 91-year-old man saved a puppy, little knowing that soon the pup would save him right back.
    
                
        
    
            
        
    My four-year-old son cried uncontrollably every time he was left with his grandmother. When I discovered
    
                
        
    
            
        
    I had to kick my own mother out of the house. I couldn’t bear her behaviour any longer. When I was little
    
                
        
    
            
        
    June 12th, 1985 At sixty, after decades of measured steps and neatly mapped-out days, I did the most
    
                
        
    
            
        
    My son got married nearly a decade ago. His chosen one, Emily, had been married before and brought a
    
                
        
    
            
        
    Emma had dared to hope for companionship, but reality shattered her dreams into dust. Emma had always
    
                
        
    
            
        
    Over the years, I’ve realised I never want to marry again. As I’ve grown older, it’s dawned on me that
    
                
        
    
            
        
    **Diary Entry** I found love again at 65—but at our wedding, my late husband’s brother stood up and shouted
    
                
        
    
            
        
    Mum, you probably sit alone in the kitchen sometimes, flipping through old birthday cards filled with
    
                
        
    
            
        
    My daughter and her husband left me with the grandchildren for the entire holiday break. And here I am