Laura stared across the trestle table at Eli. Unaware, Eli was reading the newspaper as he slowly brought the spoonful of corn flakes and bananas to his mouth. It was their morning ritual, and it was the same as it had been for over fifty years. There was something sacred about their mornings. Talk was … Read more
A boy and a girl, Henry and Rose, were so much in love, that they couldn’t wait to get married. Although she was only sixteen and he was only seventeen, it didn’t matter to them. They asked for their parents’ blessing, but their parents could only shake their heads and say they were too young. … Read more
A few years ago Art and I rented, “Like Water For Chocolate”, a Latin-American fantasy-realism kind of a tale in which the star-crossed lovers are thwarted by an evil matriarch who insists that the youngest daughter remain unmarried and serve her mother all her life. In the early part of the movie, the girl and … Read more
Art and I have been married for nearly 34 years, and at this point, I don’t think either one of us could imagine being without the other. It took me a long time to “get it right”, but every moment of heartache along the way was worth it . . . Trust me. On the … Read more