Survivor Benefits.

Three retirees discover a new way to live.

Based on a post by Milo_Grigsby. Listen to the Podcast at Connected.

"Jim, you remember my friend Patti right?"

I lowered my morning paper and peered over my reading glasses to look across the breakfast table at Brenda, my wife of 14 years. The Arizona sunrise, shining in through tour kitchen windows.

"The one who lives in Iowa?"

"Idaho."

"That's what I meant. Of course I remember Patti, hun. Is this a senility test?"

"No, I do those in the evenings."

"What?"

"Don't change the subject. Would you mind terribly if Patti came out for a visit? February is rough in the Mountains."