Feeling lonely is a universal human experience. The painful emotion can strike us at any age, regardless of our gender, income level, background, or achievements. In that moment of loneliness, we feel disconnected from others, untethered, and isolated. The feeling is uncomfortable and distressing. Lonely in France I can write about loneliness with a certain level of expertise since I’ve had some recent (and painful) experiences with the feeling. As some of you may know, at age eighty, I moved to France after my husband passed away. My deep roots in the community where I lived for thirty years were