My social life is rather limited because of my husband’s illness, so my world is mostly a home-based one. My days are filled with reading, writing, taking care of him, and occasionally treating myself to a quiet coffee in a local bar, where I pretend I’m very busy thinking deep thoughts while actually enjoying the coffee far too much. I live a calm, simple life, and that’s precisely why I value online friends and genuine conversations so deeply — they add color to days that are otherwise quite peaceful and predictable.At home, I’m never truly alone: I share my life with two cats who supervis