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Florence was 80 years old, when she decided to seek counseling to help her with her loneliness and her inability to stay asleep at night.  A year before she had moved to New Jersey to a retirement apartment building.  Although she realized she was old when stared into the mirror in her bathroom, she didn’t feel old.  What … Read more PHOTO FINISH

Sixth grade is an odd, uncomfortable, and sometimes funny time of childhood.  It’s the last year of elementary school, if there is a junior high school to switch to, or it is the last grade to be in one classroom all day long.  My elementary school went from kindergarten through eighth grade; I was still in grade … Read more A FIGHT FOR LOVE

In the Winter of 1963 I was 20 and a weekly “blind” dater.  I connected with girls through fix-ups, relatives, social parties, and through courageous chance meetings when shopping and on the street.  Although I was shy and self-conscious, I risked rejection with contacts by phone.  I never followed up if I sensed rejection.  At parties, I initiated with … Read more A NEW YORK BLIND DATE

Sometimes when you’re young and in love, the timing is not right between the two of you to make the commitment to marry.  In my case I was in love but not ready to take that giant step.  So, we moved back and forth, dancing around the decision. Should we or shouldn’t we.  We wore each other down, … Read more CAREER COUNSELING