August 2022 – Reflections on Aging

What the Mets Mean to Me

Many people have written about what baseball means to them. As a senior, I am finding that I have become an avid Mets fan as I age. There are several reasons for this. The seeds for my baseball interest started in Brooklyn. Growing up there, I was a Dodgers fan, as was everyone else IContinue reading “What the Mets Mean to Me”

Lost and Found

My husband and I were well-published research scientists in careers spanning several decades. We both headed research studies related to substance use, with my work primarily focused on HIV/AIDS, and his on topics related to criminal justice. We have been married over 44 years, and with my recent retirement I was still in the earlyContinue reading “Lost and Found”

Never Me

When I was in my late teens and early 20s, still influenced by romantic fairy tales, I fantasized about meeting my prince. He would be handsome and very smart. And like me, he would support liberal political views. And he would never have been married before and would never have had children. He would loveContinue reading “Never Me”