Lynn Brown Rosenberg

I’m alone for the holidays at 78 — and looking forward to a whole new life

Alone for the holidays for the first time in my life. At 78 years old. I contemplated that painful reality. My mind wandered back to past holidays, and, as my spirits began to sink, I heard my cellphone chime. It was an invitation from the Alpert Jewish Community Center in Long Beach, California, where I…