Amazing. So much intensity and your writing is brilliant. I was drawn to it bc at 71 I left my marriage of 46 yrs. No affairs or drama. I was just waiting to die. I had buried my need for passion and intimacy deep and thought I could muscle through. But there were other costs that eked out. I too was a child of divorce and didn’t want to do that to my kids. But I had some sort of spiritual revelation this summer that shifted everything. So I start anew in my 70s. Terrifying but I have hope now. No longer waiting to die but to live once again. Thx for your insight.
Amazing. So much intensity and your writing is brilliant. I was drawn to it bc at 71 I left my marriage of 46 yrs. No affairs or drama. I was just waiting to die. I had buried my need for passion and intimacy deep and thought I could muscle through. But there were other costs that eked out. I too was a child of divorce and didn’t want to do that to my kids. But I had some sort of spiritual revelation this summer that shifted everything. So I start anew in my 70s. Terrifying but I have hope now. No longer waiting to die but to live once again. Thx for your insight.
Spectacular! Thank you.
One point that slightly tripped me up (early hours here):
"And I also feared it might be tough on my two year old. Still, I did it. I asked him to move out."
Extraordinarily moving piece, "express train to whoreville" really caught my eye.
Dazzling as the clear blue sky! Thank you.
Read this in one go at the library circulations desk. When it is published I will buy whatever journal or book it’s in. Writing! Writing! Wow wow wow.