{"id":246,"date":"2013-09-16T10:02:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T10:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/?p=246"},"modified":"2014-01-22T11:09:43","modified_gmt":"2014-01-22T11:09:43","slug":"healing-from-loss-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robinbotie.com\/blog\/healing-from-loss-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Healing from Loss: For Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"JOANinNYC\"<\/a>The now I know will be different on the other side of a blink.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I went on the Tompkins Cortland Community College Art Club excursion today, an 18-hour whirlwind trip to New York City and back.<\/p>\n

Things change. I may never get another opportunity like this (it was free). Who knows if or when I\u2019ll have the time or energy to pull this off again. But today I\u2019m cruising.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I went on the Tompkins Cortland Community College Art Club excursion today, an 18-hour whirlwind trip to New York City and back.<\/p>\n

Things change. I may never get another opportunity like this (it was free). Who knows if or when I\u2019ll have the time or energy to pull this off again. But today I\u2019m cruising.<\/p>\n

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\"TimesSquare\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In that spirit, I joined 35 other students and faculty on a Swarthout bus at 6AM this morning. After 4 hours on the road we burst off the bus and darted through the Guggenheim, the Metropolitan, and the Museum of Modern Art. I glimpsed many works of art, like the Jules Bastien-Lepage painting of Joan of Arc, that had inspired me as a young girl. It was like running into old friends. We dashed through Central Park. Finally we had a fast dinner at the Pain Quotidien Bakery, hopped back on the bus, and drove through Times Square.<\/p>\n

The almost-full moon is following us now as we speed along the highway to home.<\/p>\n

Now I am at the end of my 6th rewrite of my memoir. It is time to start looking for an agent or publisher. I am about to start writing a bi-monthly column for a small online newspaper. The essay I\u2019ve been working on for over a month is due in 2 days and in the morning I will submit it to a contest. My son is home and healthy.<\/p>\n

The now I know is full of bright lights and promises. I can celebrate. For now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The now I know will be different on the other side of a blink. That’s why I went on the Tompkins Cortland Community College Art Club excursion today, an 18-hour whirlwind trip to New York City and back. Things change. I may never get another opportunity like this (it was free). Who knows if or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-25"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t