No, Em (and everybody), it doesn't sound like plain ole depression and I don't think it's agoraphobia, either. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come out.

Talked to hubby last night. Well, I gave him the third degree because I know he sees Suzie's husband. Robert told hubby that Suzie suddenly turned on him a couple of years ago. Don't know what that means. Hubby also related to me that at one of the kid's graduation, she yelled at Robert across the room and flipped him off and used the words, too... in front of everybody, just out of the blue.

When she was looking towards the hill, she was watching her son go to the top. She used it as an excuse, I think, to not focus on what was going on near her. She did look me in the eye several times and we talked nose to nose like we used to, but she wasn't understanding what I said. Hubby said her eyes looked like she was on something. I don't know if the pupils are supposed to be big or pinpoints, but they were pinpoints because we were out in bright light. They might have been just a bit glassy, but she always had bright eyes.

After sleeping on it, I'm thinking that it was denial rather than not understanding. But how can you start to cry and then not understand when someone says to you "When things get dark"??

Kimmy, pardon me for being thick, but why do you say be careful? Do you think she might be physically dangerous? What was your clue if you saw one? I could easily be blinded to that sort of stuff because of my love for her.

Gonna have hubby take me over to see Robert at his work and we'll talk to him together. For now, my thoughts are that life has broken my Suzie. It sure hasn't been her friend.

Thanks, everybody, for responding. I appreciate everything from extended hands to insights.