Today I had reason to revisit the Bernie Madoff story. A very City story. The story ends with the family: the father in prison for 150 years, both sons dead, one from cancer and one from suicide and the mother is living alone somewhere. What kind of life is there for a woman in her 70’s with this history. Were the ‘wealthy years’ worth it? How does it feel to lose your all your children due to choices made as a couple? An older woman once said to me, ‘ When you are young, you are busy and can keep the unpleasantness at bay, but when you are old, you must think because you can not alleviate the thoughts with activity.