job market, and a divorce. The most traumatic of all things was being molested at gunpoint. Not easy, but you stayed optimistic. Surviving that horror brought out something new. Fear. It stole a lot of your starch, leaving you less optimistic. But it gave you better judgment. You finally learned that everyone is not nice and you don’t have to trust them or even like them. Love them. Pray for them, but it’s sometimes better and safer to keep your distance.
well. Hang in there and keep those fingers dancing on the computer keys. Someone once asked you this same question in your teens and in your 60’s, “What was the most exciting thing you have ever done?” Both times you answered, “I hope I haven’t done it yet.” That’s a pretty good answer. It isn’t over, Jackie. Remember you don’t stop laughing because you get older. You get older because you stop laughing.
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Letter by Jackie
Congratulations on keeping your 73-yearold brain active. I think the fact that you’re taking a writing class, Life Letters (which are just about deleted in your present electronic brooh-ha-ha existence), is evidence that you do not take “lazy”