I could answer your question on the good side. But that doesn’t match my mood right now. Or I could answer honestly on the bad side.I think these last few months have brought out my anxieties about the future and about the past. My attention span has dropped to about 10 minutes, my ability to plan has disappeared, my normally happy outlook about kids and grandkids and trips and spending together time with my wife Ronni has been replaced by complaining and kvetching and looking at the glass half empty, not to mention the negative effect on my psyche of this despicable fascist buffoon that we have as a President. It’s enough to make a grown man cry. I haven’t actually cried lately, but I have misgivings about things I’ve done, or haven’t done, in the past and doubts about the future.
I don’t know whether these changes are permanent. I don’t think so. I’m resilient, even though I turn 75 in two weeks and I have some new medical issues, which might also be affecting my mood. I’m also at the edge of retirement, and that is causing some adjustment pains. But I’m still optimistic. I love my wife and my family. They love me. I know how fragile we are, especially as we become “senior citizens.” I have a lot of things to be thankful for. I know the value of friends and reaching out. I treat every day as a gift. But those happy impulses are, right now, buried under a daily monotony of some bad things.
By the way, thanks for asking!!
