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Ruminations
I made it this far.
I am now middle-aged, approaching fifty years. Life has taken me from the housing projects of the Bronx to London, Paris, Rome, Mexico City. I have loved, and been loved, labored and lost. The imperative is to keep moving. Sorrow, depression, despair, these are all indulgences to which I cannot succumb. Nor would I choose to.
At age 33, I met the man who would become my husband. While both aged 35, we married, and at 36 became parents to a son, who is now 10 years old. And though we've all faced the "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," we soldier on. The current recession is merely the latest bump in the road. We've already faced autism, mental health challenges, asthma, miscarriages, unemployment and economic distress.
Could it be that the real challenges lie in the future? Time will tell.
Am I happy? I try to be. And I am so glad that I'm here to enjoy life with my wonderful family. My wish is to be able to say the same thing thirty years hence.
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