I was listening to NPR the other day and heard the end of an interview that Terry Gross did with Gary Shteyugart who is a writer and authored a humorous novel about the future of the USA. The show was a rebroadcast so the book has been out fotr a while. The future is bleak, with our country having only one political party and the ability to read has vanished because we don't need to, other than texting on the Iphone. It is a love story

He is a Jewish immigrant from the USSR and like all Jewish humorists and/or comedians he carries that guilt around , that fear of not being good enough, and the persecution that is almost inborn. Sound familiar?

I was not an immigrant, nor was I raised by a Jewish family, but I share in his feelings just the same.

The remark that got me interested enough to come home an play the entire podcast was a statement he made about what he learned in therapy.

In the end, we become our own parents in addition to all the stuff we've added by trying not to be like them.

Isn't that funny? I totally relate and have these truly Jennie moments especially the impatience of dealing with my partner who has become somewhat slower than he was.