This is part 7 of a multipart series. When I moved from Boston to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in 2000, I left a lot of things behind, including Brookline Tai Chi. I wasn’t making any progress on my PhD, and I wasn’t ready to take out another Stafford Loan in order to be able to be a student for one more year. So I needed a job. I was living with my Dad and my Grandma at the time, and I didn’t want to stay there any more. Grandma was getting old, and needed more assistance than Dad and I could provide for her. But Dad didn’t want to put her in a home. I think he understood that it had to happen, yet it felt like my being around was somehow enabling him to put it off.
Many thanks for sharing the journey