PART B:  Thoughts about still being married are playing around in Katie’s head when, out of the blue, TAYLOR, her high school sweetheart, calls.      

Discussion questions: 

1.  What do you think Katie is feeling and thinking when she answers the phone and hears Taylor’s voice—a voice she has not heard in almost fifty years? 

2. If you were single and someone special from your distant past called you, what emotions would you experience?   How would you express your emotional reactions to the caller?    

EXCERPT  (Ch. 1,  p. 26-27): 

A. Now that she’d put her wedding ring away, Katie wondered if she could start over with a clean slate and write a new story. Then she worried if dating Taylor again was starting over or regressing, and if she dated Taylor, would she lose her self-confidence and independence.   Mulling over the possibility of allowing Taylor back into her life . . . 

B. Discussion question:         

    1) What emotions do you think Katie experienced when she tucked her wedding band away, out of sight?  

    2) Why do you think Katie is afraid that dating Taylor might lead to disappointments and changes that she wouldn't choose? 

    3) What do you think is motivating Katie to ‘get on with her life?’