We invite children to imagine a future, then ask young adults to choose an entire life. What if deciding what comes next is serious enough?
A crisis may force a new beginning, but starting over is not starting from zero. We carry experience, love, and hard-won wisdom into what comes next.
I first met Mrs. Pollifax as a child in a Reader’s Digest Condensed Book. I was far too young to identify with an older widow whose respectable suburban life had begun to feel unbearably empty. Yet I loved her immediately.