What I Learned About Loneliness After A Divorce In My 50s

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Nov 8 · 7 min read

By Carolina Gonzalez

Photo by Jen Pollack Bianco/Eyeem

At one of the loneliest points in my life, I joined a friend and her daughter for a week’s break in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

“You said you were lonely,” she said when she called to invite me. “Come spend time with us.”

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