Pollyanna in Hell

I’M STILL A LITTLE STUCK on how to make the best of a bad situation and this cartoon by Roz Chast came to mind.  In my post from a few weeks ago, I was thinking about the notion that as baby boomers, we were raised with the expectation that all it takes to achieve one’s…

Wedding Vows

IT WAS A BLUSTERY, RAINY DAY 19 years ago when Mary Elizabeth and I were married on September 18, 1993.  We had planned an outdoor wedding, but luckily had a fallback plan in case of inclement weather. Mary Elizabeth grew up on the grounds of an 86-acre estate, which had been turned into Mill Neck…