ARE YOU A SINGLE WOMAN, DIVORCED, LIVING ALONE- WHEN YOU FILL OUT THE MEDIICAL FORMS, DO YOU WONDER WHO TO WRITE AS "EMERGENCY CONTACT"

In filling out medical forms, I always listed my father or my mother. My father died 4 years ago and my mother health is not good. I still list her as a contact but know her hearing is difficult. I have no children, no partner, no roomate. I am beginning to think about who to list.
Even some divorced friends with grown children are thinking about the same issue. I suggested we put each other down. My friends feel as I do. Life is not what we expected. Childhood memories of better times sadden us. Why is everyone linving alone? Why are so many of us so unhappy? What will the future be like?
I grew up in a large extended family. Over the years the exteded family has been shrinking. Too much fighting, too much stress,are too many crtical people fill my life. I long for my memories when everyone was together and the seasons were differentiated.
Today the days run into each other and the years feel shorter and shorter. Then there is our realtionships. They just don't hold together like those of our parents. I long for familiarity and less stress. I long for an extended family.

evie litwok/ tippy/ the tippy story