Forty-Nine Years Ago Today...........................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                        Darlings, I cannot believe it has been that long.  Today, on this very day, I graduated, with honors, from Seton Hall University, with a B.A. in Communications. Of course, I had my eyes set on being a critic on "The New York Times," but how could I have known that the journalism profession would tank?  Or that, in less than two years, my mother would be gone, creating a life change akin to the Civil War enacting a change in Scarlett.

                                           I had to survive the cruelty of some relatives; maintaining I was a loser because I had so much trouble finding a job!  And when I eventually proved them wrong, not a one apologized.  Forgiveness, maybe, forget no.

                                             Though I was a late bloomer, thanks to my education, going all the way back to Highland Park, I found a job perfectly suited for me, in the arts, and that I retired from after 35 years.  My generation, I believe will be the last of the long job termers.

                                              All in all, I have to say I have done pretty well, and I am happy in retirement.  Could I have been a lawyer?  Sure.  But could my stress level and other health issues take it; not to mention mountains of debt I accrued from student loans.

                                             So, thank you, Seton Hall.  Next year will be fifty years, and I am already talking of a party.  Can ANNA come?  I hope so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                             To those out there who may be in the situation I was--don't you let anyone, family or not, put you down.  You are better than they are.

                                               They just do not know it.