Welcome to the community Steve 
You have a lot of change happening in your life right now, early retirement, the challenge and possibly the heartbreak of being your wife’s primary carer.
I’m glad you’ve given yourself an outlet, something for you, and that you’re here. You’ll find support, camaraderie and people to walk along the way with you here. I have no doubt you’ll find yourself, strumming, singing and it may be that some of those songs are those you’ve written.
Justin’s courses are exceptionally good, I wish you joy in the learning, the discovery and in the expression.
If you’d like to share a video your music, get some feedback etc, there’s a special section here for you Beginner’s safe space