Looking Back, Moving Forward

The View from Beyond Seventy

a memoir

I have always been fascinated by stories and history, since I was four and listened to family tell tales at the dinner table.  As a teenager visiting Europe and Israel, I met people whose stories expanded my understanding.  I wrote in my memoir about the challenges they faced and what personal characteristics saw them through hard times.

Twenty-five years of teaching taught me about children.  Giving birth to my own daughters was the most exciting experience of all.  As I continued to write vignettes, I contemplated a larger work as a family legacy.

When I turned seventy, I started to write the seminal moments that comprised my life with the idea of a collection for succeeding generations.  Remembering one thing led to another.  Looking back, I realized that I had the strength to move forward, to face the challenges of aging, to survive loss and changing relationships, and to look forward toward another rewarding quarter century.

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