How fortunate most people would feel if they had Alexandra's troubles. She is 79, a relative youngster in our increasingly geriatric times. She owns a beautiful brownstone in Park Slope and money does not appear to be an issue. Yes, her body is, as she puts it, dwindling, which makes her achy and sad, and she has had a few incidences of irrational anger and slight dislocation that makes her aware of losing "me."
SOURCE: Newsday at 05:56PM on April 20, 2014