Be patient Stansgran, she is eighty, her world has collapse , she has to find herself , some withdraw from friends, cut themselves off from the world, some jump on a mental merrygoround so as to block out the pain, her nights will be so different I don't think there is a normal stage of bereavement, we all react to loss of a loved one in a way which helps us cope.
About two years after I was widowed a friend was widowed, in less than a year she asked me how the hell did I cope with the lonliness, she remarried and it was hell for her.
The government changed women's pension age and called it progress. Did anyone actually ask you?
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