Robert Goor

Robert Goor is a father, an author, a mathematician, a scientist and a teacher. He has been writing for over 20 years and has been a father for over 40. Dear Andrew is his first literary publication. He has recently completed a play and is writing a collection of short stories. He is an active member of the Bethesda Writer’s Center and of The Compassionate Friends, where he is a group facilitator.

Articles:

An Evolution of Feeling: How Grief Changes Over Time

  I’ve noticed that, as a rule, we don’t particularly care to talk about how old we are, so I was amused when a friend did some arithmetic based on some of my recollections and determined that I am 70. We had been discussing worry and he wondered if I worry less now that I am older (not “old,” mind you, but “older”). It’s an interesting question and part of the broader issue of how my experience of feeling has evolved. Mark Twain, on the occasion of attaining his seven decade milestone, said that now that he had climbed the […]

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