Serving Our Seniors Magazine: Jan - Mar 2022

firelands.com/primarycare Find your primary care provider. Now seeing patients at Firelands Sandusky Healthcare Center, located at 2520 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky. Services include: • Primary Care • Pediatrics • Imaging Services • Laboratory Services • Community Meeting Space Lake Erie Love Betty. She is very loving, giving and considerate. She also knows who she is… She is her own woman and she has opinions. I’m the type of man who is not threatened by that. My thinking is that I want her to be all the woman that she can be and I’m the man who is going to stand next to her.” Although they have a lot in common, they also have interests, which are not in common. “We give each other the freedom to go our separate ways and do our thing.” Thanda is OK without Betty being at his side and Betty, too, is able to enjoy her interests without her husband being next to her. “We let each other do each other,” said Betty. Their favorite thing to do is spending time with the grandchildren. Six live locally and will come to see them. Fifteen other grandchildren live throughout the United States and are the ideal reason for a travel trip. Their advice for others, age 55+, who want to live happily ever after is this… • You have to do things to communicate. Thanda, who is currently working out of town, said he sends his wife a text every morning with emojis. “I let her know that I’m waking up thinking of her.” • Recognize that listening is part of communication. Become a good listener. • Be genuine and authentic to yourself. • Last but not least… Remember “the why” – Why did I marry this person. continued from page 9 11