My grandmother, Johann, lived to the age of 80 with a very strong and capable man by her side. At that point, He developed dementia and began to disintegrate. Johann did not let this hardship get her down for very long. Although it was extremely hard for her to be able to let him go, she had to keep on taking care of herself and that eventually made her stronger. He had taken care of most of the aspects of married life such as a job and finances, leaving my grandmother with not much to be responsible for. Suddenly she was faced with the trial of figuring out have to care for herself being quite and elderly lady. She did not know that she could keep up with her whole household on her own before. It is not that she did not have the strength before to do everything, but she did not have the reason to reach her potential. With the loss of her husband, she gained a lot of independence and confidence in her abilities that she was not able to receive if her husband had still been with her. Also, if he had died when they were in their 90s or older, she may not have been physically able to handle the stress of losing someone she loved. That hardship seemed to have come at the best possible time for her to blossom even in her time of