In Praise Of Patient Women

August, 1989

About A Year Ago, after more than two decades of marriage, I found myself a single man again."Don't make any decisions for at least eighteen months," cautioned a friend who'd been through the process. "You don't know it, but you're a crazy man."Good advice, perhaps, but I made one immediate decision: I wanted women in my life.I soon encountered good news and bad.The good news was that there were wonderful women out there who welcomed me into their lives.The bad news was that...

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