Table of Contents

Proof of Love   Karen Stabiner     1
Flown Away, Left Behind   Anna Quindlen     13
Regime Change   Charles McGrath     17
Careful What You Wish For   Susan Crandell     23
Always Close   Annette Duffy     32
The Rules of the Road   Vicky Mann     41
The Last Summer   Hilary Mills     51
My Cart   Harvey Molotch     62
Time Traveler   Marian Sandmaier     71
The Science of Ghost Hunting   Fabiola Santiago     81
Who Knows Where the Time Goes   Fran Visco     92
Migrations   Ellen Levine     100
Without a Net   Jon Carroll     105
3GRLMOM   Martha Schuur     112
The Dog Waiting by the Door   Andrea L. Chambers     121
In Twos   Grace Saltzstein     132
A Rotten Enough Parent   Douglas Foster     141
Epiphanies of the Empty Nest   Letty Cottin Pogrebin     150
A Mile Ain't What It Used to Be   Brenda C. Roberts     158
Leaving the Island   Martha Tod Dudman     172
Good-bye to the Sunset Man   Lee Smith     183
The Shuffle   Jan Constantine     195
Legacies   Roger Wilkins     203
Keeping Him Safe   Rochelle Reed     213
The Shoes on the Stairs   Jamie Wolf     220
Afterwards   Roxana Robinson     233
Conversations   Kit Rachlis     244
Trading a Business Suit for Blue Jeans   Glynna Freeman     254
The Godfather   Harry Shearer     262
Juggling Lite   Ellen Goodman     269
The Old Blue House and the New Blue House   Susan Shreve     281
Contributors     291
Acknowledgments     301