Who am I and how does my story begin?  My name is Liz and I am…How old am I? God, once you turn 50, you forget.  Oh right, I am 54.  Will be double nickels on my next birthday.  How did I get here;middle aged and widowed? Who expects to be at a place like this at this point in a person’s life?  It seems so out of place.  Well, it all started a very long time ago.

I am Gen X.  Grew up in the 70’s and 80’s.  What a blast that was.  Great music, great times, great training for adulthood. Music helped define our generation; Michael Jackson, The Police, Culture Club, Duran Duran.  I hear a song by any of these artists and it's like I am in a Time Machine taken right back to 1983.  MTV highlighted our experienc...

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