I have found during my life time that while each of us have our times of need, the others in our lives may be too busy to pay much attention to us. It does get lonely and frustrating, as we would like to have someone who is cheering us on, giving us the pep talks when we need them, and just being there whenever we need a sounding board. I know now that I am older and on my own again I find this happens more and more, I wish I could find a fantastic life coach or something like this that I could always count on to be there. I never thought I would need anyone at this stage of life.