Toni and Hettie return from their summer break to kick off Season 3 with guest Lonnie Simmons. Married for 54 years and widowed since 2013, Lonnie talks about what helped her, what is available to others, and how life can hold both sadness and happiness.

• How GriefShare works: a 13-week course with a workbook, a video and live discussion, now held on Zoom, with sessions offered twice a year
• Why Lonnie suggests attending at least two sessions before deciding whether a group is right for you, and why it is fine to simply listen
• The reminder that a support group is not a substitute for professional help
• Why grief eases gradually, from not being able to leave the sofa to slowly caring for yourself again
• Seeing a doctor and looking after your own health after a loss
• Why no one person should hold all the important information, and why it helps to have at least one trusted person who knows where everything is
• Finding out who you are as an individual after decades as part of a couple
• Lonnie's joyful August of family weddings and birthdays, and her belief that life is a choice and a gift

Toni and Hettie also preview what's coming this season, including conversations about senior dating and writing and publishing your own book.

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