With the average age of 87, these writers recount other trying times and how they’ve gained perspective and resilience. Amanda Holpuch of The Guardian offers up their stories and how they are adapting to pandemic life and connecting on Zoom. A shout-out to Jill Meyer for sending me this uplifting article!

“Late at night, Peggy Strait sits at her computer and thinks about the dangers of living in New York city during a pandemic.

Then she remembers her life in 1937.

The 87-year-old writes: “As I begin to think about actually leaving New York City and what I must pack for the trip, I thought of the day in 1937 when Japanese warplanes flew over China.

“My father’s reaction was immediate and decisive. He withdrew as much money as he could from his bank, packed it into a suitcase, then hurried home to get his wife and five children.

“We left Canton, China that evening for Hong Kong.”

Every other week, Strait shares these memories and reflects with a group of her peers in the Writing From Life Experience workshop in Manhattan, where she has lived for more than six decades.

They talk about their childhoods in Nazi Germany and the Liverpool Blitz, as well as the smaller, more personal tragedies and triumphs that fill a lifetime.” Read full article . . .

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