Saturday, July 20, 2013
About two years ago, Mary and I were taking a long drive to our friend in Pennsylvania, and she told me that she loved being in her nineties. She said that all your life you are wanting something, waiting for something, hoping...but that now she knows to enjoy what she has and to know the luck she has.
I was lucky to be her friend. From her childhood stories ( her dad was a door to door piano salesman in the west) to the love she expressed for her daughters, from discussions about writing novels to playing the clarinet, from the pride she took in her garden to her enthusiasm for the Yankees, Mary was a class act. I will miss her greatly, and send hugs and love to her family.
Mary was a traveller and would understand that I am several thousand miles away, but please know I am there with you in love across the miles.
