With my rhinestone jewelry adorning my long black and white gown, I strode into the home of our host, Tom, already filling up with our usual crowd of party lovers. With drinks in hand, giving air kisses to upturned cheeks, we toasted one another with a wide variety...
“I thought she was at your place?” a friend of Janelle’s asked. “I thought she’d be back by today,” my household assistant Renee’ remarked. Shrugging my shoulders, I replied, “She goes where the money is. What else can she do?” I didn’t realize she was taking all...
No marching bands down Main Street with girl scouts proudly touting our flag, no decorating the graves at the city cemetary, Legionnaires giving speeches, no picnics in the parks with fireworks blasting overhead, no celebration of my Dad’s birthday born on the fourth...