For better or For Worse

I met a retired man with a fulfilled life of love and joy.

His calendar is always full.

Later I learnt Paul is hiding behind busy days, avoidant of time.

His hobbyist world is a distraction from his ever-growing loneliness, as he becomes a caregiver for his fading wife.

He lives now for better or for worse as his wife’s dementia takes hold.

A person wearing camouflage clothing and a cap is kneeling next to a deer on the ground in a wooded area at dusk. An open vehicle with a spare tire mounted on the back is parked nearby on a dirt path.
Camouflage baseball cap on the dashboard of a vehicle, with a wooded dirt road visible through a wet windshield.
Hunter in camouflage clothes holding a rifle and a dead deer in a grassy field.