In my fifties I withdrew from the world; for several years my life was consumed with grieving. I revisited my past, and thought about my future. My new life partner Mark appeared. We moved to New York, where we found an apartment in the West Village, and I began to make art again. I returned to the Body Electric School in California for more training, and began to take clients on a professional level. My clients have given me more than I (or they) could have imagined: they have brought me back into life, restored me to pleasure and joy in the body.