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It's wonderful to have luminous neighbors like Hawthorne in Massachusetts and Scott Fitzgerald in Minnesota. Thank you for your recognition.

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Susie, so beautifully expressed, as always, exploring the big mysteries...are we getting wiser, or finally remembering? I love how you describe your 6 year old self, already a deep thinker! And the dressing and disrobing...a perfect metaphor. And though you did not include it, it's no wonder, when you did find your calling, that you helped your many hospice patients find inner peace at the end of life. And your writing continues your path, your exquisite search for meaning.

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I’ve been thinking about the word remind….re-mind. Cultivating what’s already been planted. Very touched that it speaks to you.

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You're singing my song, sister. And beautifully, as always. I have always been mesmerized by the passage of time and the Jewish mystical notion of past, present and future occurring simultaneously. I love how you write about the wonder of being old, so much easier to feel in a healthy body.

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Wonderful to be reminded of the Jewish collapsing of tenses. I’ve always been of excited about the fact that Torah is written entirely in the present tense. What a deep statement! It is, of course, easier to ruminate about the big questions when the body isn’t banging on the door.

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Thank you for this Susie! I miss you - and would have welcomed a far roaming conversation under a palm tree!

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Thank you, Signe. Not sure my brain functions on that plane under a palm tree, but I'm certainly up for trying!

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Quantum physics validates everything you wrote about our intra-connection. Your unique and intimate way of sharing profound understandings is so beautiful.

I love the image of dressing up in early life and undressing in later life. It is so freeing too--to just embrace being oneself.

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I intuit the connection to science, but don't really have the language to express it. The striptease feels like it occurs down at my level. I do think people who age with this understanding are blessed with something very precious alongside the struggles that sometimes accompany aging.

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Yes, this understanding is SO precious!

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Yes, Hawthorne had a way with words, and so do you.

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Thought provoking piece. Inspired me to think more about this last stage. For sure, an adventure!

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I often think that it's only infirmity that gets in the way of experiencing the wonder of aging. I've been fortunate in my health and have been blessed with the opportunity to gape at all the learning.

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the very short time that i treasured your presence...within our elder gathering....your words create a life time of knowing you...thank you//Barbara Campbell

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Deep calls to deep, it says in Psalms. I was just thinking earlier today of the parade of people who have passed through my life and left their imprint. It was such a consoling feeling.

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