Your story is very inspiring. I look at myself and think "I am 37, it is too late for me to start something new". And yet here you are at 51 and moving on with your life in a bright positive direction. So wonderful! One of my continuing fears is that if I decide to go back to school or try to learn how to do somethiing new, I just won't have that fresh, working brain I used to have in college. I had very few responsibilties then except for classes (I worked all through college, though) so I was able to concentrate only on that. Now I have so much going on and am handling it so badly that I do wonder. But I am gonna try anyway.
This is exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you for being such a presence on SR and thank you for posting about your grade. That is great!