@mcden Like you I am at the age where friends and family have died. I decided awhile back to reconnect with people I'd been close to when I was younger. Remember those days when all we had was our land lines and long distance charges were prohibitively expensive? And we communicated by writing letters that we sent through the post office? Now I can text my friends and family I have reconnected with and talk as long as I want. That has felt good and has been helpful with grieving those I have lost.

I am not a professional musician. I do play some instruments (guitar and mandolin) and I sing. It's the singing that I love so much that I joined a university-based choir and the choir director chooses music that is both stunningly beautiful and difficult. I am imagining how I would feel if I could no longer sing. It would be a whole other level of grief. Just as you indicated in your post.

How are you managing the grief you wrote about? Does it help to share your grief with others who are professional musicians?