yes, yes, yes, well said.

Nina, I have to admit I have no memory of reading that post from Dec of 2013, but I found it and reread it. I STILL like it and was glad I reread it. Here’s the link in case anyone else would like it: http://ninamishkin.com/2013/12/06/enjoying-older-age-revisited/. But really here, I was just agreeing with your desire (in your comment from the 24th) to write about what you miss about the law, which was what the law did for you. In any event, no matter how many times I have to be reminded about it, starting law school at 51 takes a lot of guts and reminds me of what my father always said–that I could do anything I set my mind too. But thank heavens, I have already gone to law school.

Ha : )

Applause? Really? (She asked modestly.) I’m now taking a bow.

As I mentioned in response to Cynthia’s comment, there is a post, Claire — if not a story/essay/book — about going to law school at 51; the post was about a short speech I gave to a division of the Boston Bar Association in 1997 on an assigned topic: “Enjoying Older Age.” However, my entry into law was not really the fulfillment of some lifelong dream. Absent a rather Puritan upbringing, I would probably have elected the life of a kept woman if an attractive someone of means had elected to keep me. But you do what you have to do in life. And as I explained in the post, I finally realized that you’re never “too old” to do something because you’re never going to be any younger.

Actually, Cynthia, I did write a post which summarizes the gist of my going to law school at 51 and what happened as a result. Moreover, you read it and “liked” it. The post was about a speech I gave to the Senior Lawyers’ Division of the Boston Bar Association in 1997, and was called “‘Enjoying Older Age’ Revisited.” The post date was December 6, 2013. You can find it again (if so inclined) through the Search function on my blog. The car wreck isn’t in it, though. That wasn’t part of “enjoying older age.” 🙂

Wow! I officially very much dislike it when people say to me, in response to an anecdote I’ve just relayed, “You should write a story/essay/book about that!” What I always want to say, is, NO, if you find it so fascinating, YOU should write a story/essay/book about that. And yet here I go: I would dearly love to read a memoir about a woman enrolling in law school at 51 as a way to transcend divorce and manage the coming challenges. Anyway, it was lovely to read that comment and to know that someone has lived that story. Applause.

I am laughing out loud!!!
I too… figuratively speaking…
left the house… at age 10!!!

I believe a standing ovation is in order! xxx

Helena, I don’t remember…augh!!!!