Richard and Nancy Taschler of Lehighton were each other's worlds.

But when Richard passed away in March 2014, Nancy's world came crashing down around her, and so did her will to live."I wanted to die," she said. "I stopped taking all my medications. I didn't want life to go on without my husband."But Nancy's story doesn't end there.On Thursday, Nancy sat in Jim Thorpe Memorial Hall, laughing and smiling, surrounded by her new friends as the 2016 Carbon County Senior Games came to a close.She credits these new friends, the Carbon County Area Agency on Aging and the senior games for saving her life."The office of aging told me to join a senior center," she said, recalling the funk she was in following the death of her husband. "It was the best thing I ever did. It saved me."Nancy said that she watched other seniors, like her good friend Tom Wehr, who is in his 90s, participate in the games and at first thought she couldn't do it.But something changed this year, and Nancy got the courage to sign up for one event, miniature golf.She didn't win, but she had fun.She gushed about her experience, saying that being at the games made her realize how much life still has to offer."The people I met were so kind to me," she said. "Every day, when I came to the games, they took time for me. Not all people do that once you are older. You seem to get forgotten. I love them all to death."Nancy also smiled and blushed as she said that has found companionship through the senior center."These seniors have a wonderful outlook at life," she said. "They saved me."Will she be back for the 2017 games?"Absolutely," Nancy said. "I will be back every year from now on."