Even though I have had several distinctly different careers during my lifetime, never in my wildest dreams would I ever have imagined that being an author would crown my later year accomplishments. But here I am, in my eighties, having my first book published….and planning more.

Well, that just shows how exciting life can be if you are open to new adventures.  And if you have LOVE in your life.  With two wives and three husbands (and a few amours in-between) I have certainly known love….and still do. Am I just lucky or am I a hopeless romantic? Actually, that is a misnomer. True romantics are always hopeful, not hopeless.
 
As for those careers, I started out as a doctor of optometry, in private practice. Then, through serendipity , I partnered with another optometrist to open, staff and manage 56 optical offices in department stores throughout the country. That’s not a misprint. 56! After selling out to a larger optical chain, I had the wherewithal to jump into my third career – one I had been harboring for many years: SHOW BUSINESS!  Starting at the top, as a theatrical producer, I had fun in New York and London until, alas, eventually that wonderful but demanding mistress let me down, and I had to say goodbye to that giddy life of ups ands downs.
 
Next came years of semi-retirement, acting as a consultant to other doctors.  Finally I officially retired (old, you know!)Even though I have had several distinctly different careers during my lifetime, never in my wildest dreams would I ever have imagined that being an author would crown my later years.  But here I am, in my eighties, having my first book published….and planning more.

Well, that just shows how exciting life can be if you are open to new adventures.   And if you have LOVE in your life.  With two wives and three husbands (and a few amours in-between) I have certainly known love….and still do.  Am I just lucky or am I a hopeless romantic?  Actually, that is a misnomer.  Romantics are always hopeful, not hopeless.
 
Through all these years I never stopped seeking, finding, losing, seeking, finding love. Love is life’s main event. Without it there is little lasting joy in any achievement. Don’t believe it?  Read all about it in MY TWO WIVES AND THREE HUSBANDS!!
 
S. Stanley Gordon
Author of MY TWO WIVES AND THREE HUSBANDS (Savant 2011)