Tess Clarkson, a former professional Irish dancer (“Riverdance” and “Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance”) and financial regulation lawyer in New York, is working on a memoir. Her essays have appeared in The Washington Post, HuffPost, The Independent, Next Avenue, Motherwell, YourTango and The Girlfriend by AARP. She now lives in Missouri with her husband and is certified as a yogi, astrologer and end-of-life doula. Find her at www.tessclarkson.com and https://www.instagram.com/tessclarkson7/
Tess Clarkson
For years, I thought that you can have it all. But no, I can’t.
The leap I was able to take because of her.
He was slipping away from us, little by little, day by day.