I'm 68... Losing My Wife at 35 Made Me Bury Life in Work (That's My Deepest Regret)

Описание: At sixty-eight years old, I am finally looking back at the thirty-three years I spent believing I had buried the best part of myself alongside my wife, Catherine, who died suddenly when we were both thirty-five. For decades, I threw myself into construction management like a drowning man grabbing a rope, telling myself I was building a future for my children when I was really just hiding from the emptiness of my life.

In this story, I explore the numbness that overtakes you when grief is unaddressed and how professional success can disguise deep personal avoidance. I built roads and buildings, yet I failed to build a life with my own children, eventually realizing we had become polite strangers separated by years of absence. It wasn't until I accepted early retirement at fifty-eight that the walls I built began to crumble, forcing me to confront the silence I had run from for so long.

This video is a testament to the possibility of second chances. I share how reconnecting with my granddaughter and meeting a ballet teacher named Diane taught me that life still had color to offer, even after decades of muted gray. If you are prioritizing work over presence or believe your time for joy has passed, I hope my story reminds you that tomorrow is not promised and that life, however scarred, is still worth living fully.

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