SORRY, Pamela.
I have just re-read your post and now realise that when I replied early (TOO EARLY) this morning I had completely misunderstood your wording.
It was the DREAM that lasted 59 years, n'est ce pas?
I stupidly took it to be the sum total of two periods of your actually living here.
Rest of my answer still applies - any help I can give is yours for the asking.
Rest of my answer still applies - any help I can give is yours for the asking.