Judy, hello, mate!
Great to see you post. Haven't seen you in months, until you wished me well (thanks for that), so I guess you're lurking quietly about. smile
This is splendid in it's lonely simplicity. If I'm gonna find one thing that seems a bit over the top, I'd hafta say the image of her sitting in a corner while "old friends" mingled is hard to picture, especially when "no one can see". Seems if she lost someone that important to her, at least some of the old friends would be aware, and do all they could to comfort.
I'd like to hear this.

Happy Aussie New Year, JH!! grin
Ben