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By Edna Wallace, LMFT

You don’t know
what it will be like. 
You think it will be 
the best thing ever. 
You can’t wait!
It’s your solution 
to Zoom, Better Help,
AI, marketing, 
subletting—
the headache of it all. 

You have your main gig
at the hospital. 
You don’t need this. 
You’re too old
for the struggle. 

You’ll close it down. 
So what. 
You’ll say good-bye
to your private clients. 
No more need 
to plan or fret. 
No more heart sinking
to the bottom 
of your seat
at suicidal talk. 
Hallelujah. 

But then 
you miss them.
That’s what’s
unexpected… 
your feelings. 
Turns out 
you can attach. 
You’re feeling the
sadness …
right there 
amid the relishing. 

Strange,
the way this works,
the way you 
never thought 
this would be you. 
You thought you’d be 
all about retiring —
playtime! —
but you’re about the loss too.
You haven’t 
escaped the
business
of being human.