Bette Ann Moskowitz is a former songwriter, writer of fiction (Leaving Barney and Reading the Signs: A Schoolhouse Mystery. Her most recent novel, Three Legs in the Evening was published in 2023. ) Her non-fiction includes the memoir, Do I Know You: A Family’s Journey Through Aging and Alzheimer’s, The Room At The End Of The Hall and Finishing Up: On Aging and. Ageism). She is a past recipient of the New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship for Literary Non-Fiction.
I push through panic and pain to show up.
Every time I thought about moving, I felt slightly sick.
Then again, don't we need to be realistic as we move up in years?
Now that I'm in my 80s, I'm doing things differently.
I've experienced something akin to a rebirth.
Here's what I'm trying to do as a recent widow.
