I live alone in a city with good public transport and everything is walkable. So I can be pretty independent. My best friend who I have known for decades lives an hour or so drive away. We don't meet often because she is busy with her family and stuf but I know she is there in case I really need emergency help. She is my emergency contact for a lot of things. They just decided to move back to their home country suddenly. Maybe this is selfish of me but I feel adrift. I didn't realize that subconsciously, I was relying on her in a way although I thought I was independent. Most of my family is also in a different country and I really don't want to go back and live there. It made me start to think about what support systems I might need as a blind person as I grow older and if I end up being single which is a very high probability. I am in my early 40s now.