Dear Kristin, the writing, the effort at creativity is therapeutic for me as well. Thank for you thoughtful comment and I will continue to write as I hope you will as well.
I'm with you Allan! At 86 I'm still living alone (with my dog), driving, seeing some clients in my part-time psychotherapy practice, playing the piano, writing. But jeez, it gets harder to get out of bed, and I too suffered a fall that provided me with a wound that took 4 1/2 months to heal! I write about it in "Navigating the Decline" on my substack "From There to Here." If I could figure out how to have a link to it, I'd include it here. A cautionary tale to be sure. Looking forward to reading what you write! Cheers!
Patricia, of course we resonate with one another. I will look for you on Substack and join. Also, my email address is dransphd@gmail.com if you would like to chat.
Thanks for sharing. Loved reading your post as I try to be a supportive daughter for my aging parents and nurture my own creativity. It’s therapeutic to process my thoughts through creative writing in a way I made time for in a long time. Keep sharing!
A few weeks ago, a West Point classmate circulated a revised listing of surviving company-mates and family members and I found a picture of my classmates from company K, 2d regiment, corps of cadets (1960). Of 25, 5 of us remain. Only a few died in combat, many were wounded. After army service most went into civilian life as businessmen, lawyers, doctors, scientists, educators. I became a physicist, University of Chicago, International Atomic Energy Agency, New York University, American Center for Physics, retirement. Most of my academic and scientific colleagues are now gone. So I came to Substack to explain who I am and what is important to me--something I have resisted doing most of my adult life.
It is so true. I'm only 68, but things are different. It is so great that you are able to write so well. I am still working full-time as a psychotherapist, but I enjoy writing. I appreciate your writing and am glad you have the time and the mood to do it.
Thank you for your post, Allan. It’s a challenge to see our own vulnerability, and adjust to it. It seems to be yet another stage of life, and though we see other people going through it, strangely, we find ourselves thinking not us! In our minds were so much younger, and our bodies remember that too until – oops! Your words are beautifully put, and I look forward to reading more.
Dear Kristin, the writing, the effort at creativity is therapeutic for me as well. Thank for you thoughtful comment and I will continue to write as I hope you will as well.
I'm with you Allan! At 86 I'm still living alone (with my dog), driving, seeing some clients in my part-time psychotherapy practice, playing the piano, writing. But jeez, it gets harder to get out of bed, and I too suffered a fall that provided me with a wound that took 4 1/2 months to heal! I write about it in "Navigating the Decline" on my substack "From There to Here." If I could figure out how to have a link to it, I'd include it here. A cautionary tale to be sure. Looking forward to reading what you write! Cheers!
I am signed up with you already.
Patricia, of course we resonate with one another. I will look for you on Substack and join. Also, my email address is dransphd@gmail.com if you would like to chat.
Please let's both take care.
Thanks for sharing. Loved reading your post as I try to be a supportive daughter for my aging parents and nurture my own creativity. It’s therapeutic to process my thoughts through creative writing in a way I made time for in a long time. Keep sharing!
A few weeks ago, a West Point classmate circulated a revised listing of surviving company-mates and family members and I found a picture of my classmates from company K, 2d regiment, corps of cadets (1960). Of 25, 5 of us remain. Only a few died in combat, many were wounded. After army service most went into civilian life as businessmen, lawyers, doctors, scientists, educators. I became a physicist, University of Chicago, International Atomic Energy Agency, New York University, American Center for Physics, retirement. Most of my academic and scientific colleagues are now gone. So I came to Substack to explain who I am and what is important to me--something I have resisted doing most of my adult life.
Irving I'm glad you are here and I look forward to more what you want to say.
It is so true. I'm only 68, but things are different. It is so great that you are able to write so well. I am still working full-time as a psychotherapist, but I enjoy writing. I appreciate your writing and am glad you have the time and the mood to do it.
Thank you
Thank you for your post, Allan. It’s a challenge to see our own vulnerability, and adjust to it. It seems to be yet another stage of life, and though we see other people going through it, strangely, we find ourselves thinking not us! In our minds were so much younger, and our bodies remember that too until – oops! Your words are beautifully put, and I look forward to reading more.
Thank you Linda and yes our bodies remember too…
i look forward to reading your newsletters at night before bed. thank you doc for your creative, wise and open expression :)